THE CLOVER TRUST

Registered charity 213578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes cash donations to selected registered charities. The trustees make regular donations to a designated selection of recipients and intend to continue with this policy for the foreseeable future. The trustees are currently NOT accepting any further applications for grant funding from other individuals or organisations. Please DO NOT waste your money & resources applying to The Clover Trust.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£241k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £6,804,124, comprising a permanent endowment of £6,573,269 and designated unrestricted funds of £230,855. The trustees consider there are no free unrestricted reserves, as all unrestricted funds are designated for future charitable distribution. The charity relies entirely on investment income managed by Evelyn Partners, noting that a global downturn could reduce income available for grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no specific policy to retain income; applied within six months

“It is not the policy of the Trustees to specifically retain income in reserve. The income is normally applied for charitable purposes within six months of receipt.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Francis Woodhousechair
BEN WOODHOUSE
CHARLOTTE LUCY MORRISON
Sophie Mary Winter

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£186k	£241k
31/12/2024	£275k	£199k
31/12/2023	£263k	£212k
31/12/2022	£184k	£221k
31/12/2021	£196k	£234k

Common questions

Is THE CLOVER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £6,804,124, comprising a permanent endowment of £6,573,269 and designated unrestricted funds of £230,855. The trustees consider there are no free unrestricted reserves, as all unrestricted funds are designated for future charitable distribution. The charity relies entirely on investment income managed by Evelyn Partners, noting that a global downturn could reduce income available for grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust.

Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust income £101k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £227k
CLAN TRUST LIMITED income £118k
GIFT GROW GOOD income £508k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £284k
THE PRIMROSE TRUST income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CLOVER TRUST	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£227k	—	above	—	no doubt
CLAN TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£118k	—	below	—	no doubt
GIFT GROW GOOD FY2025	£508k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£284k	—	below	—	no doubt

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