GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST) — grant history

Registered charity 207736 · filings on the Charity Commission register · its own accounts analysis · funder finder · deadlines · watch this funder · check a grantee list

Latest income
£6.5m
Grants listed (FY2025)
9
Listed grants total
£237k
Accounts grants total
£7.2m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.clergysupport.org.uk · www.clergysupport.org.uk/apply · www.clergysupport.org.uk/help-eligible-households on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
  • Cheshire East (1 grantee)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (1 grantee)
  • Cumbria (1 grantee)
  • Derbyshire (1 grantee)
  • Isle Of Man (1 grantee)
  • Liverpool City (1 grantee)
  • Manchester City (1 grantee)
  • Nigeria (1 grantee)
  • Surrey (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newCMCU—£21k
newSt Beunos—£16k
newRetreat Association—£5k
not listedSt Beuno’s£15k—
not listedSleep Station£13k—
not listedClergy Transitions Service£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
College of St BarnabasFY2025£71kGrants to care home residents (beneficiaries)
Society of Mary & MarthaFY2025£60kGrants to organisations
Personal Emergencies FundFY2025£35kGrants to organisations
CMCUFY2025£21kGrants to organisations
Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral CareFY2025£20kGrants to organisations
St BeunosFY2025£16kGrants to organisations
Retreat AssociationFY2025£5kGrants to organisations
Life to the MaxFY2025£5kGrants to organisations
Church in Wales ‘Rock and Wild’ children’s weekendFY2025£4kGrants to organisations
College of St BarnabasFY2024£84kIndividual grants awarded to 19 residents of the College of St. Barnabas.
Society of Mary & MarthaFY2024£60kSupports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Personal Emergencies FundFY2024£35kGrant to organisation.
Holy Rood House Centre for Health and Pastoral CareFY2024£20kProvides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican Clergy, their partners (current or former) and family.
St Beuno’sFY2024£15kGrant to organisation.
Sleep StationFY2024£13kOnline access to guides and a sleep coach, and potential referral to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia.
Clergy Transitions ServiceFY2024£5kGrant to organisation.
Church in Wales 'Rock and Wild' children’s weekendFY2024£5kGrant to organisation.
Life to the MaxFY2024£4kAdventure weekends for children.
College of St BarnabasFY2023£66kIndividual grants awarded to 16 residents.
SPCKFY2023£61kClergy Support Trust Library e-book resource subscriptions.
Society of Mary & MarthaFY2023£50kSupports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral CareFY2023£20kWellbeing/Health support.
Personal Emergencies FundFY2023£20kEmergency support.
Sleep StationFY2023£18kServices for beneficiaries (insomnia/health).
Terrys Cross TrustFY2023£6kIndividual grant awarded to one resident.
Life to the MaxFY2023£4kWellbeing/Support.
Church in Wales Family SupportFY2023£4kSupport for clergy families in Wales.
Emmanuel Theological CollegeFY2023£500Training/Education.
College of St BarnabasFY2022£63kIndividual grants awarded to 16 residents. Retirement community for Anglican clergy and their spouses, as well as clergy widows.
Society of Mary & MarthaFY2022£50kSupports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral CareFY2022£20kProvides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican clergy, their partners (current or former) and families.
St Lukes HealthcareFY2022£8k
Terrys CrossFY2022£6kIndividual grant awarded to one resident. Provides retirement accommodation and respite care for those associated with the Church of England.
Society of Mary & MarthaFY2021£50kSupports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
College of St BarnabasFY2021£48kIndividual grants awarded to eleven residents of the College of St. Barnabas, a retirement community for Anglican clergy and their spouses.
Holy Rood HouseFY2021£15kProvides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican clergy, their partners (current or former) and families.
St Luke’s Healthcare for the ClergyFY2021£11kPilot project on ‘building resilience and mental health awareness in curates’ across three Dioceses.
Clergy Transition ServiceFY2021£10kGrant for coaching and mentoring support for clergy when dealing with challenging or transitional periods of change.
Faith in ResearchFY2021£10kResearch project into Clergy Wellbeing.
Terrys CrossFY2021£6kIndividual grant awarded to one resident of Terrys Cross Trust, which provides retirement accommodation and respite care for those associated with the Church of England.
Broken RitesFY2021amount not statedInternational group offering mutual support and information to separated and divorces partners of clergy, ministers and Church Army officers.

1 listed grant has no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); it is left out of the grant counts and totals.

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 237267 vs reference 7175463 (96.7% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].