THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 702980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity does not invite unsolicited applications.

Objects

AT ANY TIME THE TRUSTEES MAY AS TO THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE TRUST FUND RAISE AND PAY OR TRANSFER THE SAME TO OR APPLY THE SAME FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTION PURPOSE OR OBJECT OR INSTITUTIONS PROPOSED OR OBJECTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THEY MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 5 OF SETTLEMENT).

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£186k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust incurred a net outgoing resource of £128,514, driven by a fall in investment value of £109,834 and charitable grants of £163,540. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £146,342, which the Trustees consider adequate to maintain operations and meet future anticipated demands.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds in reserves to meet the future anticipated demands on the Trust’s resources (reserves figure: £146k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain sufficient funds in reserves to meet the future anticipated demands on the Trust’s resources.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2021 (received 09/02/2022, 4 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£57k£186k
05/04/2024£65k£190k
05/04/2023£66k£107k
05/04/2022£66k£101k
05/04/2021£55k£99k

Common questions

Is THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust incurred a net outgoing resource of £128,514, driven by a fall in investment value of £109,834 and charitable grants of £163,540. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £146,342, which the Trustees consider adequate to maintain operations and meet future anticipated demands. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CLARKE CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT£57k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
AB LAHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£218k—0above—no doubt
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£169k—0unclear—no doubt
GRACE CHARITY FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KATHLEEN LAURENCE TRUST FY2026£93k——unclear—no doubt

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