The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R A C ) Limited

Registered charity 313164 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

4
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021

18 from 14 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.crac.org.uk
Emailaccounts@crac.org.uk
Phone01223448500
Address22 SIGNET COURT, SWANNS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8LA

Finances

£1,356,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,152,309£1,191,022
2022£1,166,202£1,162,792
2023£1,307,000£1,207,000
2024£1,379,000£1,488,000
2025£1,356,000£2,360,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH ENABLING PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SUITABLE CAREERS

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

Trustees (8)

8trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Careers Research and Advisory Centre (Crac) Limited(the) · 00825036 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/10/1964

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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