Croft Care Trust

Analysis

Croft Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barrow-In-Furness. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02516363). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croft Care Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.6m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Croft Care Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Surrey Cricket Board (£2.6m), Stroud & District Homes Foundation Limited (£2.6m) and St Anthony's Trust Limited (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.

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.