Saffron Walden Cricket Club

Analysis

Saffron Walden Cricket Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Saffron Walden Cricket Club reported income of £73k and spending of £83k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £84k to £73k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Saffron Walden Cricket Club sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bereaved Children Support York (£73k), Evolve - Tackling the Impact of Substance Misuse (£73k) and "B" (£73k).

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.