The Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 April 2025, The Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £152k, spending 548% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,226 to £28k (+431%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 8755%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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 Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Tameside Trust Fund (£28k), Back-On-Track-Stroke Rehab Service Wiltshire (£28k) and Stanswood Beach Rescue (£28k).