Civitas Limited

Analysis

Civitas Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04023541). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Civitas Limited reported income of £536k and spending of £640k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £659k to £536k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Civitas Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Learning to Work (South East) Limited (£536k), Iol Educational Trust (£537k) and Teach for Tomorrow (£536k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92%, charitable activities 4.6% and investments 3.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £647k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.

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.