Crackerjacks Children's Trust

Analysis

Crackerjacks Children's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Crackerjacks Children's Trust reported income of £244k and spending of £238k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £223k to £244k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Crackerjacks Children's Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Burnham-On-Sea War Memorial Hospital (£243k), Social Tech Trust (£244k) and Chester & District Federation of the Blind (£243k).