C James Cadbury Charity

Analysis

C James Cadbury Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, C James Cadbury Charity reported income of £40k and spending of £66k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £47k to £40k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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, C James Cadbury Charity sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Melville Club (£40k), The Downley Old School Community Association (£40k) and The Aqueduct Charitable Trust (£40k).

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.