The Clipper Foundation

Analysis

The Clipper Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Clipper Foundation reported income of £32k and spending of £22k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,850 to £32k (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 194% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Clipper Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% 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 Gatcombe and Chillerton Village Hall and Chillerton Reading Room (£32k), The Gninwod Trust (£32k) and Southeast Regional Tamudhee London (£32k).