Cranfield Students' Association

Analysis

Cranfield Students' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Cranfield Students' Association reported income of £891k and spending of £843k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £413k to £891k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cranfield Students' Association 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 Ivison Trust (£891k), Georgetown University (USA) UK Initiatives Organisation (£892k) and The Ecole Polytechnique Charitable Trust (£883k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £236k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.