C I U Trust

Analysis

C I U Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, C I U Trust reported income of £818k and spending of £96k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £527k to £818k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, C I U Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School (£817k), Sloane Robinson Foundation (£819k) and Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (£816k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 21%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £78k. Reserves of £4.8m would cover about 566 months of spending at that rate.