Lancashire Cricket Foundation Limited

Analysis

Lancashire Cricket Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06394384). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lancashire Cricket Foundation Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.6m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lancashire Cricket Foundation Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. 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 Norwich Consolidated Charities (£2.6m), West Norfolk Community Transport Project (£2.7m) and Parchment Trust (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39% and trading 9.9%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Reserves of £119k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.