The Cranswick Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cranswick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hessle. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12934741). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Cranswick Charitable Trust reported income of £155k and spending of £188k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £531k to £155k (-71%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 2066%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, The Cranswick Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westcroft Community Centre (£155k), The Elwyn Thomas Memorial Fund (£156k) and The Alfred Charitable Trust (£155k).

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.