The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation

Analysis

The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06934670). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation reported income of £575k and spending of £693k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2020 to January 2025, income fell from £846k to £575k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boldon Community Centre (£575k), Somerset Sight Limited (£576k) and Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People (£575k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £88k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.