C.a.s.t.

Analysis

C.a.s.t. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, C.a.s.t. reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £254k to £1.2m (+389%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, C.a.s.t. sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aapna Services Limited (£1.2m), Feeding Bristol (£1.2m) and Gillingham Street Angels (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £55k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.