Crescent Purchasing Limited

Analysis

Crescent Purchasing Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Crescent Purchasing Limited reported income of £6.2m and spending of £5.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £6.2m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Crescent Purchasing Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dudley Lodge (£6.2m), Spratton Hall School Trust Limited (£6.2m) and Institute for Public Policy Research (£6.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £552k. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 people.