The Cridlan Ross Smith Charitable Trust 2004

Analysis

The Cridlan Ross Smith Charitable Trust 2004 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southam. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Cridlan Ross Smith Charitable Trust 2004 reported income of £14k and spending of £140k, spending 973% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,961 to £14k (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 1225% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Cridlan Ross Smith Charitable Trust 2004 sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Goathurst Village Hall Charity (£14k), NTM Network UK (£14k) and Wandsworth Older People's Forum (£14k).

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.