Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund

Analysis

Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund reported income of £31k and spending of £17k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £31k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity (£31k), Saltmalawi Trust (£31k) and Music in Ministry Trust (£31k).