The Crane Academy Trust

Analysis

The Crane Academy Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2026, The Crane Academy Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £8,183, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from August 2025 to August 2026, income grew from £8,704 to £12k (+35%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2026, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Crane Academy Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elizabeth Fisher Charity (£12k), Leeds Bramley Church of the Nazarene (£12k) and The Stoneleigh United Charities (£12k).