Clifton College Endowment Fund

Analysis

Clifton College Endowment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Clifton College Endowment Fund reported income of £698k and spending of £196k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £376k to £698k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Clifton College Endowment Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (£697k), Gasp Motor Project (£702k) and Prospect Burma CIO (£696k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and investments 22%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £523k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 61 months of spending at that rate.