The Clarke Foley Centre

Analysis

The Clarke Foley Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05389427). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Clarke Foley Centre reported income of £327k and spending of £380k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £179k to £327k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Clarke Foley Centre sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Marsh Development Trust Association Ltd (£327k), North East Dementia Care (Sunderland) CIO (£328k) and Soundcastle Ltd (£326k).

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.