The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R a C ) Limited

Analysis

The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R a C ) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00825036). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R a C ) Limited reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.4m, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.4m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R a C ) Limited 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 Read Academy Education (£1.3m), Beechwood Architecture Charity (£1.4m) and Godolphin International Thoroughbred Leadership Programme Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86% and donations and legacies 14%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £620k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.