Crackington Institute

Analysis

Crackington Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crackington Institute reported income of £20k and spending of £13k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,243 to £20k (+289%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Crackington Institute sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Snelgrove Family Charitable Trust (£20k), The John Hodges Charitable Trust (£20k) and Friends of Khristiya Seva Niketan Hospital (£20k).