Brightlingsea Cricket Club

Analysis

Brightlingsea Cricket Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in January 2022, 4 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Brightlingsea Cricket Club reported income of £53k and spending of £60k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2025, income fell from £61k to £53k (-13%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Brightlingsea Cricket Club sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exwick Parish Hall (Formerly Institute) (£53k), Heath Citizens Association Cardiff (£53k) and Alderley and Knutsford District Scout Council (£53k).