Michael Crawford Childrens Charity

Analysis

Michael Crawford Childrens Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Michael Crawford Childrens Charity reported income of £132k and spending of £209k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £67k to £132k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Michael Crawford Childrens Charity sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Cultural & Youth Society (£132k), Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (£132k) and The Rock-Currock Youth Project (£132k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.