Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LANCASHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED

Provide a range of Education, Health and Social Inclusion projects, programmes and events that provide positive experiences for the participants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£2,442£2,420£22£85£73£730.47220
31/12/22£2,181£2,131£50£107£51£510.37030
31/12/21£1,679£1,507£171£121£1£105230
31/12/20£1,740£1,713£26£68£-171£-171-1.25411
31/12/19*£1,357£1,720£-363£71£-197£-197-1.46317
31/12/18£1,677£1,836£-159£115£166£1661.1550
31/12/17£549£459£90£87£326£2446.4130
31/12/16£429£486£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£442£465£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£290£337£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£172£388£-216n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£622£398£223£1£580£5651760
31/12/11£366£142£224n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£96£175£-79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£75£171£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£308£1£307n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 88%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.lccc.co.uk

0161 868 6752

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£13,599
National Lottery Community Fund£11,966
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£2,860
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - CriFit: Walking Cricket for over 50s to connect and stay fit
£13,599 08/12/2023
10
This project will allow the organisation to expand their walking cricket programme to three new locations. Sessions will be delivered weekly and aimed at inactive adults, over the age of 50. Sessions will be run by a qualified coach and have 2 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Wicketz in the Park
£2,550 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver multi-sport sessions during the last week of the summer holidays for young people. The project aims to provide and engaging activities which will help reduce the risk of anti-social behaviour.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Lancashire County Cricket Club Foundation
£2,860 27/06/2023
To deliver an hour long weekly walking cricket session for over 60s. It will last for 9 months and be delivered by a trained coach. Two participants will receive coach training to allow them to facilitate future sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Walking Cricket
£9,416 16/07/2021
The organisation will deliver weekly walking cricket sessions for older men and women in the local area with the aim of improving physical health and metal wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lankys Family Arts Group
£6,615 02/05/2019
12
The aim of this project to deliver high quality family based creative arts including storytelling and creative activities, for children from low income families aged 0-5yrs.
Sport England - Sporting Foundations for Life
£246,649 20/05/2014
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sporting Foundations for Life'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Table Cricket League
£8,012 14/01/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Table Cricket League'. This project lists its main activity as Cricket.
Sport England - LCCC Foundation
£56,124 04/11/2011
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'LCCC Foundation'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-72
  • CATHERINE ROBINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: School Games Organise/Pe Professional
  • GRAHAM MARTIN BRINDLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • JOHN ABRAHAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Semi Retired Cricket Consultant
  • JOHN LESLIE MURPHY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • KATHRYN CROSS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Cricket Player
  • LEE MORGAN Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MAX WILLIAM DUNBAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • TAYYAB AKHLAQ MR Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2007, number: 1121855
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/2007, number: 06394384
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR19: 16 days late,
Main office

LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB
BRIAN STATHAM WAY
OLD TRAFFORD
MANCHESTER
M16 0PX

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF LANCASHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-3.1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COACHING AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION);3.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME OF CRICKET AND OTHER GAMES OR SPORTS ON A RECREATIONAL BASIS FOR THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THE HERITAGE OF LANCASHIRE CRICKET, ITS HOME AND ITS LINKS WITH THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A PURPOSE-BUILT INTERACTIVE HERITAGE HUB AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME;3.4) FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LANCASHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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