Craftspace

Analysis

Craftspace is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02492368). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Craftspace reported income of £338k and spending of £361k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £253k to £338k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Craftspace sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macmillan Caring Locally (£338k), The Bay Foodbank (£338k) and The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (£337k).