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

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Latest income

£4.5m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£240k

Accounts grants total

£6.6m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Applicants must register an account and undergo annual verification before applying via the online system. The funder accepts unsolicited applications directly from eligible individuals; it is not invitation-only.
What they don’t fund: The Trust does not fund regular or annual costs such as car servicing, MOTs, insurance, and car tax. It also does not fund furniture already purchased (retrospective grants) unless in a genuine emergency, nor does it fund carpet/flooring for all households.

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.

Credited as a funder by

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

TOGETHER NORFOLK “The Clergy Support Trust is the leading grant-making charity helping Anglican clergy and their families in times of need”
THE NORWICH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED “The Clergy Support Trust is the leading grant-making charity helping Anglican clergy and their families in times of need”

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

Religious Activities (5 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (5 grantees)
Education/training (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)
Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)

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: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2023	FY2024
new	St Beuno’s	—	£15k
new	Clergy Transitions Service	—	£5k
new	Church in Wales 'Rock and Wild' children’s weekend	—	£5k
up	Personal Emergencies Fund	£20k	£35k
not listed	SPCK	£61k	—
not listed	THE TERRYS CROSS TRUST	£6k	—
not listed	Church in Wales Family Support	£4k	—
not listed	Emmanuel Theological College	£500	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
College of St Barnabas	FY2024	£84k	Individual grants awarded to 19 residents of the College of St. Barnabas.
Society of Mary & Martha	FY2024	£60k	Supports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Personal Emergencies Fund	FY2024	£35k	Grant to organisation.
Holy Rood House Centre for Health and Pastoral Care	FY2024	£20k	Provides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican Clergy, their partners (current or former) and family.
St Beuno’s	FY2024	£15k	Grant to organisation.
Sleep Station	FY2024	£13k	Online access to guides and a sleep coach, and potential referral to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia.
Clergy Transitions Service	FY2024	£5k	Grant to organisation.
Church in Wales 'Rock and Wild' children’s weekend	FY2024	£5k	Grant to organisation.
Life to the Max	FY2024	£4k	Adventure weekends for children.
College of St Barnabas	FY2023	£66k	Individual grants awarded to 16 residents.
SPCK	FY2023	£61k	Clergy Support Trust Library e-book resource subscriptions.
Society of Mary & Martha	FY2023	£50k	Supports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral Care	FY2023	£20k	Wellbeing/Health support.
Personal Emergencies Fund	FY2023	£20k	Emergency support.
Sleep Station	FY2023	£18k	Services for beneficiaries (insomnia/health).
Terrys Cross Trust	FY2023	£6k	Individual grant awarded to one resident.
Church in Wales Family Support	FY2023	£4k	Support for clergy families in Wales.
Life to the Max	FY2023	£4k	Wellbeing/Support.
Emmanuel Theological College	FY2023	£500	Training/Education.
College of St Barnabas	FY2022	£63k	Individual grants awarded to 16 residents. Retirement community for Anglican clergy and their spouses, as well as clergy widows.
Society of Mary & Martha	FY2022	£50k	Supports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral Care	FY2022	£20k	Provides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican clergy, their partners (current or former) and families.
St Lukes Healthcare	FY2022	£8k
Terrys Cross	FY2022	£6k	Individual grant awarded to one resident. Provides retirement accommodation and respite care for those associated with the Church of England.
Society of Mary & Martha	FY2021	£50k	Supports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.
College of St Barnabas	FY2021	£48k	Individual grants awarded to eleven residents of the College of St. Barnabas, a retirement community for Anglican clergy and their spouses.
Holy Rood House	FY2021	£15k	Provides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican clergy, their partners (current or former) and families.
St Luke’s Healthcare for the Clergy	FY2021	£11k	Pilot project on ‘building resilience and mental health awareness in curates’ across three Dioceses.
Clergy Transition Service	FY2021	£10k	Grant for coaching and mentoring support for clergy when dealing with challenging or transitional periods of change.
Faith in Research	FY2021	£10k	Research project into Clergy Wellbeing.
Terrys Cross	FY2021	£6k	Individual 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 Rites	FY2021	£0	International group offering mutual support and information to separated and divorces partners of clergy, ministers and Church Army officers.

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 240400 vs reference 6623651 (96.4% 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 and want a correction, contact us.