The Craven Family Trust

Analysis

The Craven Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09734461). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Craven Family Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £34k, spending 281% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £12k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Craven Family Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association (£12k), Littlehampton Sportsfield (£12k) and Great Shelford Playscape (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.