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THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time by providing grants to organisations, charities and communities exclusively for the public benefit.

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £544,697 at the end of the year, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity reported a net income of £354,157 against charitable expenditure of £457,706, noting that administration costs are negligible as they are covered by volunteered staff time.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (97% of income)
“Donations received from Clarkson PLC in the year was £750,000 (2022: £127,977).” — page 12
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from Clarkson PLC, the sole member of the Foundation.
“During the period, monetary donations totalling £750,000 (2022: £127,977) was received from Clarkson PLC, the sole member of the Foundation. One Trustee is a paid director of Clarkson PLC, which does not include remuneration for their role as a Trustee.” — page 13
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Clarkson Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£830k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: Australia · Brazil · Canada · China · Denmark · Egypt · Germany · Greece · Hong Kong · India · Italy · Japan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.0m£1.8m
31/12/2023£812k£458k
31/12/2022£206k£310k
31/12/2021£382k£87k

Common questions

Is THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £544,697 at the end of the year, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity reported a net income of £354,157 against charitable expenditure of £457,706, noting that administration costs are negligible as they are covered by volunteered staff time. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITYFY2024£29kHospital bags and Emergency perinatal support

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLANCY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
CLANCY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£111k—0within—no doubt
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
CLARK FOUNDATION FY2025£256k—0above—no doubt
CHAPEL & YORK UK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION FY2025£639k—0unclear—no doubt

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