THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1131949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CLARE FOUNDATION

THE CHARITY SPENDS ITS FUNDS TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITIES & NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. WE SUPPORT STAKEHOLDERS, VOLUNTARY SECTOR LEADERS AND VULNERABLE FAMILIES ADDRESSING SOCIAL INEQUALITY LOCALLY. WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH CHARITIES & PARTNERS TO ENHANCE OUTCOMES & IMPACTS. OUR OVERARCHING AIM IS TO ESTABLISH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AS THE HAPPIEST COUNTY IN THE UK.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING TO ADVANCE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT OR ADVICE OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. "NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS" ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION."NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS" DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES."CHARITIES" ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£293k

Latest spending

£699k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Clare Foundation holds unrestricted reserves of £4,786,136, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering one year's budgeted operating expenditure of £720,000. The charity reported total income of £293,135 and total expenditure of £698,975 for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds, largely driven by investment management costs and grant distributions. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material 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

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)

“During the period 1 employee received emoluments in the band £100,001 - £110,000 (2024: 1 employee in the band £100,001 - £110,000).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“During the period 1 employee received emoluments in the band £100,001 - £110,000 (2024: 1 employee in the band £100,001 - £110,000).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover the Charity’s budgeted annual operating expenditure of £720k (reserves figure: £4.8m)

“The Trustees consider that the level of Unrestricted Reserves should be sufficient to cover the Charity’s budgeted annual operating expenditure of £720k (2024 - £770k).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Clare Family Trust provided grants totalling £40,000 (£30,000 for Family Angels, £10,000 for Angels Den) and services of £Nil.

“During the year, The Clare Family Trust, of which Michael Clare is principal, has provided a grant to the Charity for the Family Angels restricted fund totalling £30,000 (2024: £30,000) also Angels Den restricted fund totalling £10,000 (2024: £10,000). The Clare Family Trust has provided services of £Nil (2024: £14,711).” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DUX Advisory Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 46
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 41
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 12
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Robin Walkerchair
ARIF HUSSAIN · trustee of 2 other charities
Ana Marcela Heime
Gavin James Henshaw
KAREN FIONA IRONS
MICHAEL G CLARE
Sarah Jane Leslie

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Milton Keynes · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£293k	£699k
31/12/2024	£325k	£753k
31/12/2023	£150k	£673k
31/12/2022	£76k	£752k
31/12/2021	£178k	£745k

Common questions

Is THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Clare Foundation holds unrestricted reserves of £4,786,136, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering one year's budgeted operating expenditure of £720,000. The charity reported total income of £293,135 and total expenditure of £698,975 for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds, largely driven by investment management costs and grant distributions. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DUX Advisory Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD as a grant recipient include ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Charitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Charitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£10k	Charitable Donation
THE GRANT FOUNDATION	FY2023	Unverified read£10k	improvement In happiness and well-being in Buckinghamshire

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NEIGHBOURLY FOUNDATION	1	£1.6m
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY	1	£5k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLARE KING CHARITABLE TRUST.

CLARE KING CHARITABLE TRUST income £32k
THE CLEAR FOUNDATION income £86k
CARE UK Charity income £470k
THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £57k
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
B&Q Foundation income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CLARE FOUNDATION LTD	£293k	£100,001 - £110,000	1	above	—	no doubt
CLARE KING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLEAR FOUNDATION FY2025	£86k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE UK Charity FY2025	£470k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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