Cleft

Analysis

Cleft is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Cleft reported income of £325k and spending of £137k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income fell from £414k to £325k (-21%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cleft sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cherry Lodge Cancer Care (£325k), Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund (£325k) and Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) (£325k).