The Kent Recreational Cricket Welfare Trust

Analysis

The Kent Recreational Cricket Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartford. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kent Recreational Cricket Welfare Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,877 to £15k (+673%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 3650%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kent Recreational Cricket Welfare Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fosdyke Parochial Charities (£15k), Friends of Alchemy World (£15k) and Birah Trust (£14k).