Bharat Cricket Community
Charity 1195534
Overview
Summary
Bharat Cricket Community appears to be a community sport charity using cricket facilities as its main route to public benefit. Its stated purpose links healthy recreation with East London, while its activity description refers to the wider United Kingdom. This may indicate either an ambition beyond its original local focus or an unresolved difference between its formal objects and reported activity. The available evidence suggests an inclusive public-facing model, but reveals little about how participation is organised, who is reached in practice, or what local relationships support delivery.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission’s current record, based on the organisation’s return for the year ending 30 June 2025, lists Birmingham City among the places where Bharat Cricket Community operates. This is direct evidence of a claimed Birmingham operational presence, but it does not identify any Birmingham venue, ward, programme, event, team or delivery partner.
- The organisation’s most recent detailed trustees’ report describes structured cricket and community activity across multiple UK locations, supporting a reasonable interpretation that its overall footprint is regional rather than neighbourhood-based. However, the report does not specify Birmingham activity.
- The 2023–24 trustees’ report names cricket programmes in Barking, Sutton, Kent and Southend, plus associate-club partnerships with Riverside Cricket Club and Kenley Cricket Club; it does not evidence a Birmingham site or partnership.
- No Birmingham physical site can be identified from the available evidence. The Charity Commission record states that the charity does not own or lease land or property, so any Birmingham delivery is likely to use hired, shared or partner venues, but this cannot be confirmed.
- Because the available evidence does not identify a Birmingham operational area, no operational area has been recorded.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, fixture list, venue booking record or event notice naming Birmingham locations and dates.
- Confirmation from Bharat Cricket Community of the Birmingham cricket grounds, indoor venues, schools or community settings it currently uses.
- Evidence from any Birmingham delivery partner or league confirming the organisation’s current local activity and the relevant venue.
- Details of whether Birmingham activity is recurring service delivery, occasional tournament participation, or only a stated area of operation.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Cricket is the organisation's delivery infrastructure
The organisation appears to treat access to cricket facilities as the mechanism through which it creates health, recreation and community-participation benefits, rather than simply promoting the sport.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may depend on access to venues, equipment and local playing opportunities. Understanding those practical assets and partnerships would be central to understanding its capacity and local value.
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“The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for playing cricket.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services.”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a notable geographic tension
The available evidence may indicate that the organisation has widened its intended reach beyond East London, or that its current activity wording is broader than its formal charitable purpose.
Why it matters
This distinction matters when assessing its place-based role: a locally rooted cricket organisation and a UK-wide provider would require different networks, resources and measures of impact.
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“For the benefit of the inhabitants of East London.”
Source:Charity Commission“For the benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its stated beneficiaries are broad rather than targeted
Although children and young people are named, the organisation appears to position cricket as a general community resource rather than a service designed exclusively for a defined group.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about whether its strongest contribution is youth development, intergenerational participation, or simply widening access to recreation.
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“Children/young People, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“Amateur Sport.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether services are delivered mainly in East London or across the United Kingdom.
- Whether the organisation owns, hires or partners to access cricket facilities.
- Which communities participate and whether any groups face barriers to access.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports showing locations, participant numbers and age groups reached.
- Information on venues, delivery partners, coaches and local community relationships.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom by the provision of facilities for playing Cricket.
Charity objects
THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EAST LONDON BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET.