The Cranswick Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1192296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CRANSWICK TRUST LIMITED

The charity's activities consist of making grants to other charities, individuals and not-for-profit organisations for the benefit of the public, including alleviating hardship, food poverty and educational need.

Objects

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ANY PERSON BY ANY MEANS THAT IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO CHARITIES, INDIVIDUALS AND VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH SHARES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£155k
Latest spending
£188k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £32,779 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £237,755 to £204,976. Per the trustees' report, the charity is entirely dependent on donations from Cranswick plc and related parties for its funding. The trustees acknowledge the going concern basis but do not disclose any material uncertainties or specific reserves policy targets.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Cranswick plc (100% of income)
“The trust is funded by donations from Cranswick plc and related parties.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level that will allow the distribution of grants to achieve the charitable objects of the trust (reserves figure: £71k)
“The trustees aim to maintain reserves at a level that will allow the distribution of grants to achieve the charitable objects of the trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income received from Cranswick plc
“During the year, the trust received income of £150,000 (2024: £150,000) and the payment for professional fees and insurance premiums totalling £4,688 (2024: £4,652) from Cranswick plc. The Cranswick Charitable Trust is run independently to Cranswick plc, although there is an affiliation between the organisations.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£531k
Total spending
£20k
Reserves (reported)
£14k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£155k£188k
31/03/2024£155k£274k
31/03/2023£7k£160k
31/03/2022£531k£20k

Common questions

Is The Cranswick Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £32,779 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £237,755 to £204,976. Per the trustees' report, the charity is entirely dependent on donations from Cranswick plc and related parties for its funding. The trustees acknowledge the going concern basis but do not disclose any material uncertainties or specific reserves policy targets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Cranswick Charitable Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Cranswick Charitable Trust as a grant recipient include LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIOFY2025£156kRestricted fund distribution
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIOFY2024£43kNote 8 lists 'Cranswick Charitable Trust'. Note 20 lists 'Cranswick Charitable Trust' under Restricted funds.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
AMABRILL LTD1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DONATING CHARITY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Cranswick Charitable Trust£155k—0unclear—no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
R. E. CHADWICK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WARWICK TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
CRANFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST (1971) FY2026£91k——unclear—no doubt
THE CRAVEN TRUST FY2026£38k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.