The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

Analysis

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02155347). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre reported income of £10.5m and spending of £9.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7.8m to £10.5m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Severn Wye Energy Agency (£10.5m), County Air Ambulance Trust (£10.5m) and The Leprosy Mission Great Britain (£10.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 7.2% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £164k. Reserves of £8.4m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 91 people.