The Late Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Late Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Late Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust reported income of £59k and spending of £74k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £27k to £59k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Late Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David Wentworth-Stanley Charitable Trust (£59k), Kosmos Centre (£59k) and The Rotary Club of Swindon Trust Fund (£59k).