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MCC Foundation (Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation)

Impact Report 2025

MCC Foundation is the charitable arm of Marylebone Cricket Club, delivering free cricket coaching and match play for young people from under-served communities across the UK and internationally. In 2025, 164 Hubs delivered to 5,500 young players across the UK — up from 77 hubs in 2023. In East Africa, 120,000 attendances were recorded across Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda; in Nepal, 8,000 beneficiaries were reached and 50+ coaches qualified. The inaugural Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup reached 1,100 teams from 820 state secondary schools. Girls played hard ball cricket at Lord's for the first time.

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National Hub Programme UK (164 hubs — state school-educated 11-16 year olds, free coaching and match play); Springboard (talent development for 48 stand-out players ahead of county trials); Player Support Fund (kit bursaries and travel); U16 and U14 National Hub Competitions; Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup (state secondary schools competition at Lord's); International programmes (East Africa — Cricket Without Boundaries partnership; Nepal — ICC coaching; South Africa; Sri Lanka); Dignified Menstruation Cup (Nepal women and girls education) Custom geography from upload: UK-wide and International (Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 164 free-to-access cricket Hubs delivering to 5,500 young players in 2025 (up from 77 hubs/3,200 players in 2023); 120,000 attendances by young people in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
Key Metric 2 8,000 beneficiaries in Nepal; 50+ young players trained and qualified as ICC-accredited coaches in Nepal; 1,100 boys' and girls' teams from 820 state secondary schools entered inaugural Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup (one-fifth of all state secondary schools)
Key Metric 3 Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup Final to be held at Lord's on 10 September 2026; MCCF won County Board of the Year award in Bucks; Girls U18 played hard ball cricket on Lord's Main Ground for first time in history

Key Outcomes

  • First U18 Girls XI played hard ball cricket on Lord's Main Ground; 45% of professional cricketers were privately educated — MCCF directly addresses this pipeline; Labong (Uganda) identified by national team through MCCF — school now provides scholarship and free education
  • UK Hubs expanded from 77 (2023) to 126 (2024) to 164 (2025) in rapid growth trajectory; Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup will reach 1 in 5 of all state secondary schools in its first edition; East Africa programmes create pathways from community cricket to international representation
  • Charitable arm of MCC — world's most active cricket club, owner of Lord's, guardian of Laws of cricket; state school access is core mission — 45% of professional players were privately educated; operates from Lord's Cricket Ground, London; Barclays key funder

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London

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