The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hope Valley. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £75k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £33k to £54k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 280% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Oxford Scout Group (£54k), Boundary Community School Limited (£54k) and Bournemouth Little Theatre Club Limited (£54k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.