Car Park Charity Fund

Analysis

Car Park Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Car Park Charity Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £1,220, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,153 to £14k (+544%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 335%. Over the whole period it spent 23% 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, Car Park Charity Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rayleigh Royal Naval Association (£14k), Parish Room (£14k) and The Richard Budenberg Charitable Trust (£14k).