Eva Crane Trust

Analysis

Eva Crane Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penarth. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Eva Crane Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £233k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £115k to £106k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 220% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Eva Crane Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Panasonic Trust for the Further Education and Training of Engineers (£106k), Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association (£107k) and Little Ouse Headwaters Project (£106k).

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.