Registered charity · Cambridge
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R A C ) Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charlotte Mcnichol-FardonTrustee · since 2026
- David OswellTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Alexander HasgallTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Lesley Ann ThompsonTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Shewly ChoudhuryTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Jeremy SandersTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Roger WhitakerTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel Lambert-ForsythTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.crac.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (Crac) Limited
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£2.4m
- 2024£1.4m£1.5m
- 2023£1.3m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£1.2m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH ENABLING PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SUITABLE CAREERS
Grants received
2 grants · £135,342 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £135,342 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Charlotte Mcnichol-Fardon since 2026
- David Oswell since 2020
- Dr Alexander Hasgall since 2025
- Dr Lesley Ann Thompson since 2026
- Dr Shewly Choudhury since 2025
- Professor Jeremy Sanders since 2025
- Professor Roger Whitaker since 2024
- Rachel Lambert-Forsyth since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Oswell since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Charlotte Mcnichol-Fardon since 2026
- David Oswell since 2020
- Dr Alexander Hasgall since 2025
- Dr Lesley Ann Thompson since 2026
- Dr Shewly Choudhury since 2025
- Professor Jeremy Sanders since 2025
- Professor Roger Whitaker since 2024
- Rachel Lambert-Forsyth since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313164
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 OCT 1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 JAN 1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 NOV 1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 JUN 1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 DEC 1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 FEB 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 00825036 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223448500 · accounts@crac.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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