Crescent Relief (London)

Analysis

Crescent Relief (London) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04084325). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Crescent Relief (London) reported income of £227k and spending of £238k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £113k to £227k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Crescent Relief (London) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Shining Star (£227k), The Manna House Trust (£227k) and Climb2recovery (£227k).