Father Crooks Charity

Analysis

Father Crooks Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Father Crooks Charity reported income of £20k and spending of £199k, spending 987% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £20k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 359% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Father Crooks Charity sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist (£20k), God's Love Mission Church (GLMC) (£20k) and The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF (£20k).

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.