The Crudwell Free School

Analysis

The Crudwell Free School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Crudwell Free School reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £15k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Crudwell Free School sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Scarcroft School (£15k), Friends of Almond Hill (£15k) and Denewulf District Scout Council (£15k).