Cruse Bereavement Support

Analysis

Cruse Bereavement Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00638709). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Cruse Bereavement Support reported income of £6.5m and spending of £6.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £7.4m to £6.5m (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cruse Bereavement Support sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley Youth Zone Ltd (£6.5m), Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust (£6.5m) and Governors of the Charity for Relief of the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen (Commonly Called Clergy Support Trust) (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 5.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £677k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £670k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 161 people.