Cropton Educational Trust

Analysis

Cropton Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cropton Educational Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £11k (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cropton Educational Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Kingsley School (£11k), Margaret Allen Foundation (£11k) and Bampton Young Farmers Club (£11k).

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.