The Dow Clewer Foundation

Analysis

The Dow Clewer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in February 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12914102). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Dow Clewer Foundation reported income of £258k and spending of £300k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £301k to £258k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Dow Clewer Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lockton Charitable Association (£257k), Brightlingsea Community Association (£259k) and Altor Foundation (£256k).