Crosby Hall Educational Trust

Analysis

Crosby Hall Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02232358). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crosby Hall Educational Trust reported income of £505k and spending of £527k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £225k to £505k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Crosby Hall Educational Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton and Hove Philharmonic Society Limited (£505k), Theatr Bara Caws (£506k) and Bromley House Library (£505k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 15% and investments 4.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £63k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.