British Crystallographic Association

Analysis

British Crystallographic Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Crystallographic Association reported income of £185k and spending of £184k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £185k (+1468%), an average of +99% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1035%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Crystallographic Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Meadow Group (£185k), Climbing Bears of Wisborough Green (£185k) and Professional Education Foundation UK (£185k).