Barbara and Derek Calrow Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Barbara and Derek Calrow Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barbara and Derek Calrow Charitable Foundation reported income of £100k and spending of £101k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £201k to £100k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Barbara and Derek Calrow Charitable Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thompson6 Charitable Trust (£99k), The Criseren Foundation (£100k) and The Edward & Catherine Wray Charitable Trust (£99k).