GEORGE CLARKE

Registered charity 220728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLARKES & MARSHALLS CHARITIES

Makes grants to organisations

Objects

INCOME TO BE APPLIED IN AUGMENTATION OF THE MANCHESTER RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY.

Area of benefit: MANCHESTER

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£77k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charities have adequate resources to continue meeting their objectives, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,530,699.86. The Trustees confirm that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that 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

Largest income source: Investment income (99% of income)

“Income from investments 76,357.81” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: distribute the clear yearly income to the Manchester Relief In Need CIO (reserves figure: £1.5m)

“As indicated in the notes to the accounts, the Charities’ policy is to distribute the clear yearly income to the Manchester Relief In Need CIO. As a result of events in previous years, a balance has been accumulated on Income Fund and this is gradually being utilised to increase the annual payments to the above mentioned Charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Percy Westhead & Company. Discloses 4 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.

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
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/03/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALFRED HENRY MARINUS STONE
GILES HUGH JOYNSON GADDUM
JAMES CHRISTIAN PATRICK BAILEY
Jeremy Charles Steele
John George McDakin Simpson · trustee of 3 other charities
Kate Victoria Lawlor
Kathryn Ann Graham · trustee of 2 other charities
PETER ANTHONY NICHOLAS SOMEKH
PETER RICHARD HIGHAM
RODERICK MICHAEL WITHINSHAW

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£77k	£72k
31/03/2024	£74k	£71k
31/03/2023	£70k	£68k
31/03/2022	£65k	£64k
31/03/2021	£60k	£63k

Common questions

Is GEORGE CLARKE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charities have adequate resources to continue meeting their objectives, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,530,699.86. The Trustees confirm that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Percy Westhead & Company.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TESLAKE LIMITED.

TESLAKE LIMITED income £164k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST income £115k
THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £57k
THE DR MORTIMER AND THERESA SACKLER FOUNDATION income £575k
THE SACKLER TRUST income £259k
GOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £30k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GEORGE CLARKE	£77k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TESLAKE LIMITED FY2025	£164k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DR MORTIMER AND THERESA SACKLER FOUNDATION FY2025	£575k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SACKLER TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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