Common Pasture (Exclusive of the Clare Educational Foundation)

Analysis

Common Pasture (Exclusive of the Clare Educational Foundation) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Common Pasture (Exclusive of the Clare Educational Foundation) reported income of £27k and spending of £15k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,784 to £27k (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Common Pasture (Exclusive of the Clare Educational Foundation) sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potter Heigham Trust Fund (£27k), The Donas Trust (£27k) and Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust (£27k).