Attock Community Sports & Cricket Club
Charity 1178585
Overview
Summary
Attock Community Sports & Cricket Club appears to use cricket facilities as a community-development platform rather than solely as a competitive sports offer. Its stated purpose combines participation, coaching, talent development, welfare and equal treatment, suggesting an organisation seeking to create routes into sport for people with differing levels of ability and need. The available evidence indicates a potentially inclusive local asset in Birmingham, though it does not yet show who participates, how barriers are addressed or which community relationships sustain the club.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkhill
Confidence: high
Direct evidence places the club's current base and cricket facilities at Moseley School and Sixth Form. Birmingham City Council identifies the school as being in Sparkhill ward. The interpretation that the organisation has a neighbourhood-scale footprint is supported by its single evidenced primary site and locally focused training, coaching and community activity; there is no direct evidence of regular delivery sites elsewhere in Birmingham.
- England and Wales Cricket Board, Ethnically Diverse Communities Action Plan (October 2024)
States that Attock CC is a thriving cricket club 'now based at Moseley School, Birmingham, where they built facilities.' - Birmingham City Council, Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sport Assessment Report (September 2023)
Lists 'Attock Cricket Club (Moseley School & Sixth Form)' as Attock CC's primary site and records a lease of between 11 and 20 years. - Birmingham City Council, Moseley School and Sixth Form directory record
Identifies Moseley School and Sixth Form as being in Sparkhill ward. - Warwickshire Cricket Board, Attock CC club profile (March 2021)
States that Attock CC is based at Moseley School and describes junior, women and girls, and senior training at the club.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes one primary physical site but does not confirm whether the club currently uses additional grounds for lower senior teams, away-from-base coaching, or overflow activity.
- The Warwickshire Cricket Board profile describes work with local primary schools and Moseley School, plus family fun days and tournaments, but it does not name the primary schools or establish that these partnerships remain active in 2026.
- A 2017 proposal referred to possible development of Windermere Road playing fields because the club was oversubscribed. This is not treated as a current operational area because the available evidence describes a proposal rather than confirmed delivery.
- The charity's Birmingham-wide charitable object indicates an intended beneficiary scope, not evidence of citywide current operations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current club fixture list, training timetable or current official social-media update confirming all grounds and venues used in the latest season.
- The latest trustees' annual report or a current statement from the club identifying active school, community and delivery partnerships.
- Confirmation from the club or Birmingham City Council of whether any additional cricket ground or Windermere Road facility is now in operational use.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Recreation
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Cricket appears to be the vehicle, not the whole purpose
The club may be organised around cricket as a practical means of improving community participation in healthy recreation, rather than around competition alone.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may extend beyond match results: the club could function as a local social and wellbeing asset, making its facilities and membership pathways important to understanding its civic role.
Show evidence
“The charity's object is to promote community participation in healthy recreation for inhabitants of Birmingham through facilities for playing cricket.”
Source:Charity Commission“The club aims to offer coaching and competitive opportunities in cricket.”
Source:Organisation
The club signals an inclusion-to-talent pathway
Its combination of 'opportunities for all' and talent-seeking may indicate an ambition to serve both broad participation and progression for promising players.
Why it matters
This is a distinctive operating tension: organisations can widen access or concentrate on performance. If the club genuinely connects the two, it may provide a valuable local pathway from first involvement to competitive development.
Show evidence
“The club states objectives to look for talent and provide opportunities for all.”
Source:Organisation“The club aims to offer coaching and competitive opportunities in cricket.”
Source:Organisation
Safeguarding and equality are presented as core conditions of participation
The club appears to treat duty of care and fair treatment as integral to its offer, not simply administrative requirements.
Why it matters
This may be especially significant for children, young people and disabled people, who are explicitly identified as beneficiaries. It suggests that the quality and safety of participation may be central to the club's community legitimacy.
Show evidence
“The club aims to ensure a duty of care to all members.”
Source:Organisation“The club aims to ensure fair and equal treatment for present and future members.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people, people with disabilities and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether disabled people and other underrepresented groups actively participate, and what practical adjustments are available.
- Whether the club's facilities are used by other community groups or are primarily for its own members.
- How the club reaches Birmingham residents beyond existing cricket networks.
Remaining uncertainties
- Participation data by age, disability, gender, locality and level of play.
- Evidence of partnerships with schools, disability organisations, community groups or cricket bodies.
- Details of facility access, affordability, coaching provision and safeguarding practices.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Over its many successful years, the main objectives of the club have been: ? To offer coaching and competitive opportunities in cricket. ? To promote the club within the local community and cricket. ? To ensure a duty of care to all members of the club. ? To ensure that all present and future members receive fair and equal treatment. ? To look for talent ? Opportunities for all
Charity objects
THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM BY THE PROIVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET.