The Clouds Trust

Analysis

The Clouds Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petersfield. It was registered in September 1997, 29 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Clouds Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £20k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £17k to £12k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 167% 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 Clouds Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Relief Fund for Romania Limited (£12k), Art Beyond Belief (£12k) and Milton Ernest Village Hall (£12k).

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.