The Culra Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Culra Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1977, 49 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, The Culra Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £28k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £20k to £21k (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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, The Culra Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Mizan Charitable Trust (£21k), Topcliffe and Asenby Village Hall (£21k) and Jeevan Vigyan UK (£21k).

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.