CRGS Trust

Analysis

CRGS Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in September 1964, 62 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 March 2025, CRGS Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £27k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10k to £19k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, CRGS Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLFS Prizes Fund (£19k), The University of the Third Age Norwich (£19k) and Fairview Education (£19k).