Crescent Aid UK

Analysis

Crescent Aid UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Crescent Aid UK reported income of £38k and spending of £42k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £67k to £38k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Aid UK sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Velmore Church (£38k), Norton Community Hall (£38k) and Vale Mill Trust (£38k).