Berkshire Cricket Foundation
Key takeaways
- If your work is community cricket, such as school or street-cricket programmes, coaching, cricket facilities or help for players facing financial barriers, the foundation's stated activity suggests it may fit, and Berkshire is its stated priority area.
- Its annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so it is not possible to say what a realistic request would be; a modest, specific request is the safest starting point until you have spoken to the foundation.
- No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to get in touch through the contact it shows.
- Its female coaches for girls fund is open from 22 April until 31 December, so check whether your work matches that fund before you time your approach.
Overview
Berkshire Cricket Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1165948).
Berkshire Cricket Foundation is a registered charity whose stated aim is to enable more people to play cricket in more places, providing more cricket in Berkshire. Its activity is split into two pillars: Participation & Growth, covering schools, community and clubs, and Performance Cricket, covering boys' and girls' pathways and the men's and women's county first team. The foundation states that its benefit is for the public generally, particularly people in Berkshire and surrounding areas.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s work supports community participation in cricket and recreation, with healthy recreation and facilities for cricket and other sports among its stated purposes. Its activity spans schools, communities and clubs, including school and street-cricket programmes, free coaching hubs for state-educated children, and subsidised training to develop the cricket workforce. It also describes activity in SEND schools, urban programmes in Slough and Reading, entry-level cricket for younger children, and boys’ and girls’ performance pathways with specialist coaching and early engagement. The foundation reports hardship support for players to reduce financial barriers to taking part. Its stated benefit is for the public generally, particularly people in Berkshire and surrounding areas.
Themes
- Community cricket
Geographic Focus
Priority: Berkshire.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application windows:
- female coaches for girls fund: Opened on 22 April and remains open until 31 December
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2021 | £691,869 | £645,029 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2021 |
| year to 30 September 2022 | £885,544 | £966,177 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £982,246 | £954,016 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £972,654 | £998,880 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £1,410,987 | £1,434,160 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- berkshirecricket.org/2025/11/26/barclays-community-sport-fund · read on 30 October 2026
- berkshirecricket.org · read on 30 October 2026
- berkshirecricket.org/community/bursaries-for-coaches · read on 30 October 2026
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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