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CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY

Registered charity 205959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHARD CLOUDESLEY'S CHARITY

The Charity's area of benefit is the London Borough of Islington where, through programmes of pro-active grant-making, the Charity's aim is to help those who are sick and poor and to support twenty seven Church of England churches.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell by 13% to £1,517,000 due to a shift in investment focus, while charitable expenditure increased by 3.9% to £3,384,000. Consequently, the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £1,047,000, reducing total net assets to £56,991,000. All funds are classified as endowment funds, with unrestricted reserves effectively nil as transfers from total return are used to fund activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the balance of the unapplied total return at an appropriate level
“In making these transfers, the charity seeks to be even-handed between current and future beneficiaries and to maintain the balance of the unapplied total return at an appropriate level considering the volatility of investment markets.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£3.4m
Cost of raising funds
£741k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 48.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.5m£3.4m
30/06/2024£1.7m£3.3m
30/06/2023£1.8m£3.1m
30/06/2022£1.6m£2.3m
30/06/2021£1.5m£2.7m

Common questions

Is CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income fell by 13% to £1,517,000 due to a shift in investment focus, while charitable expenditure increased by 3.9% to £3,384,000. Consequently, the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £1,047,000, reducing total net assets to £56,991,000. All funds are classified as endowment funds, with unrestricted reserves effectively nil as transfers from total return are used to fund activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EPSOM1—
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY1£27k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY1£18k
COL-RENO LIMITED1£15k
STRAND PARISHES TRUST1£15k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£14k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£7k
Chabad Belgravia1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHMOND NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025£251k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLARENDON PARK, LEICESTER FY2024£250k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH AND ST. JOHN, CLAPHAM FY2024£109k—0above—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH ISLINGTON FY2025£249k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY WITH ALL SOULS, KILBURN AND SAINT JAMES, WEST HAMPSTEAD. FY2025£382k—0unclear—no doubt

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