The Clocktower Foundation

Analysis

The Clocktower Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09351193). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Clocktower Foundation reported income of £3.0m and spending of £1.6m, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £937k to £3.0m (+217%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 42% 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 Clocktower Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muntada Aid (£3.0m), Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition CIO (£3.0m) and Double Impact Services (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £868k. Reserves of £16.1m would cover about 121 months of spending at that rate.