The Clapham Relief Fund

Analysis

The Clapham Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Clapham Relief Fund reported income of £44k and spending of £22k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £44k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Clapham Relief Fund sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Roebuck Memorial Homes (£44k), Living Waters Church (£44k) and Simnet Outreach Ministries (£44k).