Surrey Cricket Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Surrey Cricket Foundation's stated focus is Surrey and Greater London, and its support is aimed at cricket grounds, school facility access, fine turf and engaging diverse communities.
- Its typical grant falls between £1,000 and £10,000, with a median of about £3,050, so a modest, specific facilities request fits its usual size.
- Start by contacting its Cricket Participation Officers for advice, then send a five-year vision for the club, because the Foundation uses these visions to choose which projects to fund.
- It makes only one-off grants with no guarantee of future funding, so treat any award as a single gift rather than an ongoing income source.
- A club that cannot show its project aligns with the Foundation's and ECB's funding priorities is not eligible, so check that fit before applying.
Overview
Surrey Cricket Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1118770).
Surrey Cricket Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for cricket and other sports for the people of Surrey and the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Wandsworth and Southwark. It also aims to advance the education of children through cricket and other sports. In the most recent year it awarded £14,305 in grants to clubs, schools and other institutions, principally to renovate and develop facilities.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Foundation supports grassroots recreational cricket by helping clubs develop facilities and by working with schools, community groups and partners to broaden participation. Its own grants are available to clubs whose projects meet its and the ECB’s funding priorities, with support focused on protecting or bringing cricket grounds into community use, expanding cricket and access to school facilities, improving fine turf, and engaging diverse communities and people from lower socio-economic groups. It begins facility support with advice from Cricket Participation Officers, and uses clubs’ five-year visions to prioritise projects. Its grant programme also provides support to schools and other institutions in Surrey and Greater London, principally for the regeneration and development of sports facilities.
Themes
- Cricket ground protection
- Cricket provision
- School facility access
- Fine turf
- Diverse communities
- Lower socio-economic groups
Geographic Focus
Surrey; Greater London.
How to apply
Clubs should start by contacting the Cricket Participation Officers for advice about facility development.
Who can apply:
- Funding is available to clubs who meet the relevant eligibility criteria and can demonstrate alignment with the Foundation’s and ECB’s funding priorities.
What to send:
- Clubs are asked to provide a 5 year vision for their club which should outline priorities across a number of key development areas including facility development.
Applying again: They make only one-off grants with no guarantees of future funding.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Projects should meet the eligibility criteria and align with the Foundation’s and ECB’s funding priorities.
- The Foundation prioritises projects from clubs’ five-year visions and plans.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Greater London
- Surrey
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 7 grants in year to 30 September 2025 by size
Median £3,063 (year to 30 September 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Mitcham CC · The grant to Mitcham CC was to help fund a non-turf pitch project.£10,000year to 30 September 2025
- Haberdashers Trust South · The grant to Haberdashers Trust South was to help fund NTP regeneration projects.£7,000year to 30 September 2025
- Mersham CC · The grant to Mersham CC was to help fund a project to bring Godstone Green Pitch back into use.£4,896year to 30 September 2025
- Old Wimbledonians CC · The grant to Old Wimbledonians CC to was to support the development of a new Flicx pitches project.£3,063year to 30 September 2025
- Overton Park CC · The grant to Overton Park CC was to support the purchase of equipment and playing kit.£2,630year to 30 September 2025
- Croydon CC · The grant to Croydon CC was to help fund a pre-season pitch renovations project.£1,720year to 30 September 2025
- Hamton Wick Royal · The grant to Hampton Wick Royal was to help fund the purchase of a new roller.£1,000year to 30 September 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 4 with no amount stated.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2021 | £1,144,520 | £1,118,617 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2021 |
| year to 30 September 2022 | £1,699,309 | £1,631,439 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £2,075,357 | £1,848,484 | £62,150 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £2,192,317 | £2,171,226 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 30 September 2025 | £2,592,111 | £2,670,115 | £14,305 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
— 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
- surreycricketfoundation.org · read on 30 October 2026
- surreycricketfoundation.org/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- surreycricketfoundation.org/clubs-leagues/facility-development · read on 30 October 2026
- surreycricketfoundation.org/about-us/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- surreycricketfoundation.org/about-us/registered-charity-information · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 September 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Applying to Surrey Cricket Foundation?
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Contact
- 0207 820 5666source
- foundation@surreycricket.comsource
- The Kia Oval, Kennington, London SE11 5SSsource
- Surrey Cricket Foundation The Kia Oval, Kennington Oval London, SE11 5SSsource
- surreycricketfoundation.org
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Applying to Surrey Cricket Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 0207 820 5666source
- foundation@surreycricket.comsource
- The Kia Oval, Kennington, London SE11 5SSsource
- Surrey Cricket Foundation The Kia Oval, Kennington Oval London, SE11 5SSsource
- surreycricketfoundation.org
- Contact form