CLOVERLEAF ADVOCACY 2000 LTD

Registered charity 1097608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and promotion of advocacy services to promote the well-being of people who are in need by reason of mental or physical ill-health, disability,learning difficulties,age or otherwise.

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Latest income
£7.5m
Latest spending
£7.6m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a small loss of £64,127 for the year, which trustees approved as a positive use of reserves to support staff salary uplifts and infrastructure investment. Free reserves stood at £1,377,353, which is within the trustees' stated policy target of between £1.2 million and £1.5 million. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Commissions and grants from Local Authorities, Integrated Care Boards and other Commissioning Authorities (68% of income)
“The primary sources of income continued to be commissions and grants from Local Authorities, Integrated Care Boards and other Commissioning Authorities.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The charity does not have any cost of raising funds.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £1.2 million and £1.5 million (held: £1.4m)
“the trustees feel that a free reserve of between £1.2 million and £1.5 million is the appropriate and prudent level to hold at this point.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Nicholas Whittingham, a trustee of Cloverleaf, is also a trustee of Healthwatch Kirklees. During the year, Cloverleaf paid £17,462 to Healthwatch Kirklees in respect of subcontracted advocacy services.
“Nicholas Whittingham, a trustee of Cloverleaf, is also a trustee of Healthwatch Kirklees. During the year, Cloverleaf paid £17,462 to Healthwatch Kirklees in respect of subcontracted advocacy services. Nicholas Whittingham was not involved in the decision-making process relating to this transaction, which was undertaken in the ordinary course of business for both charities.” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade and Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£7.5m
Total spending
£7.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
281

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.5m£7.6m
31/03/2024£5.3m£5.3m
31/03/2023£4.2m£4.4m
31/03/2022£4.5m£4.3m
31/03/2021£4.2m£3.8m

Common questions

Is CLOVERLEAF ADVOCACY 2000 LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a small loss of £64,127 for the year, which trustees approved as a positive use of reserves to support staff salary uplifts and infrastructure investment. Free reserves stood at £1,377,353, which is within the trustees' stated policy target of between £1.2 million and £1.5 million. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade and Cooper Limited.

Who funds CLOVERLEAF ADVOCACY 2000 LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLOVERLEAF ADVOCACY 2000 LTD as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, HEY SMILE FOUNDATION, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2024£10kBe Heard Learning Disability Conference: Our Voices Matter
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kSpeaking Up for Learning Disabilities

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADVOCACY FOCUS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLOVERLEAF ADVOCACY 2000 LTD£7.5m—0within0.0%no doubt
ADVOCACY FOCUS FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
The Advocacy People FY2025£6.0m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY FY2025£15.9m——unclear—no doubt
WIGAN AND LEIGH CHURCHES ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILY WELFARE FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ADVOCACY FOR ALL FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt

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