# The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1003740 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1003740)
- Website: https://gloscrickettrust.co.uk
- Latest income: £10.4k; spending £5,006
- What it funds: Education / training, Amateur sport
- Who it helps: Children / young people, People with disabilities
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Gloucestershire
- Other names: The Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Youth Trust (previous)
- Trustees: 2
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/gloucestershire-cricket-trust

To support the game of cricket for all.To help provide expertise, guidance and financial assistance for young people to achieve their full potential in cricket.To promote community participation in healthy recreation through cricket related physical or recreational activity in particular for those with ill health, disability or financial difficulties.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Finances by year (Charity Commission)

| Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2024 | £10.4k | £5,006 | not filed |
| 31 Oct 2023 | £19.1k | £29k | not filed |
| 31 Oct 2022 | £75.5k | £87.9k | not filed |
| 31 Oct 2021 | £20.8k | £26.3k | not filed |

## Charitable objects

> (a)to organise or provide or assist in the organisation and provision of facilities which will enable and encourage pupils at schools and universities within the United Kingdom with preference being given to those in the Gloucestershire region to play Cricket or other games or sports and thereby to asssit in ensuring that due attention is given to the physical education and development of such pupils as well as to the development and occupation of their minds.(b)to organise or provide or asssit in the organisation or provision of facilities for physical recreation within the United Kingdom with preference being given to those within the Gloucestershire region in the interests of social welfare for boys and girls who are under the age of twenty one years and who by reason of their youth or social and economic circumstances have need of such facilities and in particular(but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing object) to organise or provide or assist in the organisation or provision of facilities which will enable and encourage such boys as aforesaid who are members of boys clubs and youth clubs within the United Kingdom with preference being given to those within the Gloucestershire region to play Cricket and other games or sports.

## What it funds

The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and amateur sport for children / young people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust reported income of £10.4k and spending of £5,006. Over its last 4 reported years, to 31 Oct 2024, it spent £148k in total.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Gloucestershire.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (gloscrickettrust.co.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 5 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Gloucestershire.

### Does The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust give grants to individuals?

Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies.

### How much does The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust give each year?

The register does not break out The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 31 Oct 2024 was £5,006. Over its last 4 reported years its spending averaged £37.1k a year.

### How large is The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust?

In its latest reported year The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust reported income of £10.4k and spending of £5,006.


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