The Cricket Asylum Foundation

Analysis

The Cricket Asylum Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hebden Bridge. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Cricket Asylum Foundation reported income of £30k and spending of £27k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £36k to £30k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Cricket Asylum Foundation sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mark Burrell's 1988 Charity Trust (£30k), The Gratton Trust (£30k) and The Dartmoor Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy (£30k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.