The Cambridge China Development Trust

Analysis

The Cambridge China Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Cambridge China Development Trust reported income of £416k and spending of £435k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £97 to £416k (+428367%), an average of +709% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 196157%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Cambridge China Development Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lindfield Pre-School Nursery (£415k), Cringleford Crackerjacks Preschool (£416k) and South Farnham School Trust (£415k).