The Hornsby Professional Cricketers Fund

Analysis

The Hornsby Professional Cricketers Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in July 1964, 62 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Hornsby Professional Cricketers Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £30k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £25k to £20k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Hornsby Professional Cricketers Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Overseas Plastic Surgery Appeal (£20k), Ignite Ministries (£20k) and The Nawroz School in Leeds (£20k).