Clyst Caring Friends

Analysis

Clyst Caring Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Clyst Caring Friends reported income of £146k and spending of £154k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £118k to £146k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Clyst Caring Friends sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Expert Link (£146k), Friends of York Minster (£146k) and Al-Mudassar Trust (£145k).

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.