Casp

Analysis

Casp is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02210675). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Casp reported income of £190k and spending of £1.3m, spending 678% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £544k to £190k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 327% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Casp 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 Roundhouse Birmingham (£190k), Sticky Fingers Pre-School (£190k) and Wollaton Park Pre-School (£190k).

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.