Cress

Registered charity 1141343 · since 2011cressuk.org·Africa, Uganda·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

CRESS states its geographic focus as Africa, with rural northern Uganda named as a priority, so a group working there on savings, climate-smart farming, community health, trauma support or education has the closest match with its work.
Neither the annual report nor the register gives a grants figure, and no grant range is stated, so there is no basis for a typical request size; a grant writer should not assume an amount and should ask the contact shown what it usually supports.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the first step is to get in touch through the contact shown rather than submit a formal application.
The information available says nothing about how competitive funding is or whether relationships matter, so a short, clear enquiry that explains the local need and how the work fits its themes is a sensible start.

Overview

CRESS is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1141343).

CRESS is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1141343). Its purpose is to educate and train displaced people with the knowledge and skills to establish self-sustaining communities. It works with displaced people and host communities in rural northern Uganda, creating local groups and offering training in savings, business skills and financial management. Its programmes include an Education Sponsorship Programme, which sponsors selected children from primary school through to university or vocational training, and the Children's Accelerated Trauma Therapy (CATT) programme.

What they fund

Priority Areas

CRESS works with displaced people and host communities in rural northern Uganda to help them build self-sustaining communities. It creates local groups and provides training in savings, business skills and financial management, helping members access savings and loans. Groups also receive climate-smart agriculture training and tools, preventive community health training and Christian teaching. Its Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy programme supports children and raises awareness of PTSD in the communities. CRESS also sponsors education for young South Sudanese people from primary school through university or vocational training, and supplies community schools with scholastic materials. Its work is delivered by a local team and with project partners in Arua and the refugee settlements.

Themes

Education and skills
Savings and finance
Climate-smart agriculture
Community health
Trauma support
Christian teaching

Geographic Focus

Priority: Africa; Rural Northern Uganda.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Africa
Uganda

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Cress.

CohereNo public processGave £543k Amigos WorldwideNo public processGave £296k Ripple EffectNo public processGave £665k Jinjia Educational TrustNo public process

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£223,155	£239,909	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£314,389	£292,855	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£318,277	£293,762	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£396,587	£348,160	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£327,799	£298,300	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.