Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation

Analysis

Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02747238). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.7m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground (£2.6m), Crystal Palace Park Trust (£2.7m) and Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £368k. Reserves of £163k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.