The Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £917k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.4m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Back on Track Manchester Ltd (£1.4m), The Professional Teaching Institute (£1.4m) and Castle House School Trust Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £676k. Reserves of £31.9m would cover about 406 months of spending at that rate.