The Clinical Research Trust

Analysis

The Clinical Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Clinical Research Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £50k to £13k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Clinical Research Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hon P N Gibson's Charity Trust (£13k), Marshchapel Charity (£13k) and Age Endeavour Fellowship (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.