The Claude Ballard Southall Memorial Charity
Analysis
The Claude Ballard Southall Memorial Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Claude Ballard Southall Memorial Charity reported income of £23k and spending of £89k, spending 378% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,393 to £23k (+218%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 3527%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.
Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Claude Ballard Southall Memorial Charity sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Muil Charitable Trust (£23k), Llanelwedd Jubilee Hall (£24k) and The Duis Charitable Trust (£23k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The Charity makes grants for general charitable purposes, in accordance with its grant-making policy, to charities and not for profit organisations (for exclusively charitable purposes) based in the city of Liverpool and the Metropolitan Borough of the Wirral.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Muil Charitable Trust | London | £23k |
| Llanelwedd Jubilee Hall | Builth Wells | £24k |
| The Duis Charitable Trust | London | £23k |
| Troubles, Tragedy and Trauma | London | £24k |