The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation

Analysis

The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2023, 3 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to January 2026, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+24%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2026, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basingstoke Gymnastics Club (£1.6m), The Golf Foundation (£1.6m) and Middlesex County Football Association Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 3.4% and trading 2.9%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Reserves of £224k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.