CLAPP FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1121944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEES TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£94k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's unrestricted free reserves decreased significantly from £81,451 to £8,197 during the year. The accounts state that the charity has bank balances of £20,260 and investments valued at £1,654,753 within the expendable endowment fund which can be released to support activities. There are no stated uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (95% of income)
“Total receipts 34,474 - 627,358 661,832 1,464,423”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (reserves figure: £8k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Ltd is a corporate trustee. The payment of £10,755 for administration and cash management charges constitutes a transaction with a related party (a connected entity/trustee).
“Ludlow was paid £10,755 (2024: £10,608) for trust administration and cash management charges during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 13 of the trust deed.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 25/10/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 25/10/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 25/10/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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
25/10/2025£94k£175k
25/10/2024£55k£20k
25/10/2023£39k£105k
25/10/2022£39k£50k
25/10/2021£28k£39k

Common questions

Is CLAPP FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity's unrestricted free reserves decreased significantly from £81,451 to £8,197 during the year. The accounts state that the charity has bank balances of £20,260 and investments valued at £1,654,753 within the expendable endowment fund which can be released to support activities. There are no stated uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLAPP FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST£94k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LATE FRANCES CRABTREE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAPPY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£46k——unclear—no doubt
MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£148k——below—no doubt
PHILIP AND GRANVILLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£7k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THOMAS MOFFITT CLARK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt

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