Harpenden Cricket Club

Analysis

Harpenden Cricket Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 2015, 11 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 09264086). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Harpenden Cricket Club reported income of £163k and spending of £200k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £129k to £163k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Harpenden Cricket Club sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blyth Spartans Juniors Football Club (£163k), Hendon United Sports Club (£163k) and The Ogilvie Pavilion and Sports Ground CIO (£163k).

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.