The Caxton Trust

Analysis

The Caxton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03476510). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Caxton Trust reported income of £160k and spending of £211k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £754k to £160k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Caxton Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whiston Pre-School (£160k), Cylch Meithrin Felinfoel (£160k) and Kilnsea Playgroup (£160k).

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.