Creative Solutions

Analysis

Creative Solutions is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creative Solutions reported income of £40k and spending of £36k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £54k to £40k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Creative Solutions sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Making Me (£40k), Canolfan Waunfawr (£40k) and Abalon (£39k).