The Walker Cricket Ground

Analysis

The Walker Cricket Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Walker Cricket Ground reported income of £441k and spending of £373k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £216k to £441k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Walker Cricket Ground sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Countryside Learning (£437k), Cheltenham Town Community Trust (£442k) and Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust (£436k).