Canterbury Cantata Trust

Analysis

Canterbury Cantata Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08293466). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Canterbury Cantata Trust reported income of £169k and spending of £88k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £64k to £169k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Canterbury Cantata Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children and Families in Need in Zimbabwe (£169k), Christians in Action (£169k) and Kairos Rehabilitation Trust (£169k).