Craft Aid UK

Analysis

Craft Aid UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Craft Aid UK reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,498 to £14k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Craft Aid UK sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dancers' Forget Me Not Fund (£14k), Collier and Goose Ham Charity (£14k) and Ryton on Dunsmore Village Hall (£14k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.