Clare King Charitable Trust

Analysis

Clare King Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2007, 19 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.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Clare King Charitable Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £51k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £12k to £32k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 167% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Clare King Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Deborah Asalu & Jide Olokundun Foundation International (£32k), Dancing with Dementia (£32k) and Penybont and District Community Centre (£32k).

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.