The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.6m (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers Federation Ltd (£1.6m), Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (£1.7m) and Childlife (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £52.3m would cover about 345 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.