Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CRICKET BUILDS HOPE 

Cricket Builds Hope's aim is to build and manage, on a not-for-profit basis, the first dedicated international cricket ground in Rwanda. This will promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Rwanda and bring people together through participation in the sport.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 10 years

www.cricketbuildshope.org

graemeloten@gmail.com

07982218458

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£88£89£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£64£27£37n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£133£66£67n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£101£124£-23n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£154£153£1£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£695£124£571£43£1,272£1,272123.220
31/12/16£218£115£104£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£59£58£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£270£38£233£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Rwanda,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Comic Relief - Helping literacy challenged females in Gahanga become leaders through cricket
£75,000 24/01/2018
24
The Rwandan Cricket Stadium Foundation (RCSF) will partner with Resonate to unlock the leadership skills of low-income young women in Gahanga. Using the stadium as the venue, the organisations will ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2014, number: 1157287
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

13 Cloudesley Square
LONDON
N1 0HT

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OFRWANDA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET(2) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO CONSTRUCT AND MANAGE, ON A NOT-FORPROFITBASIS, THE FIRST DEDICATED CRICKET FACILITY IN KIGALI, RWANDA(3) TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE CRICKET FACILITY AND OPERATE AND/OR MANAGE (WITHIN AND/OR OUTSIDETHE FACILITY) SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROMTIME TO TIME SO THAT THE PLAYING AND/OR COACHING OF CRICKET WILL FORM PART OF ACOORDINATED APPROACH TO CHALLENGES FACING RWANDANS RELATING IN PARTICULAR TORECONCILIATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ANDVULNERABLE ADULTS;(4) TO BENEFIT RWANDANS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OFPOLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY ANDTHE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, NGOS, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COORDINATED EFFORTTO OVERCOME THE SAID CHALLENGES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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