The Clore Duffield Foundation

Analysis

The Clore Duffield Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Clore Duffield Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £16.3m, spending 1261% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £1.3m (+4531%), an average of +161% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 94316%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Clore Duffield Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council of Deans of Health (£1.3m), Peter Dubens Family Foundation (£1.3m) and Kings People's Church (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15.9m. Reserves of £61.8m would cover about 46 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.