Clapman Charitable Trust

Analysis

Clapman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Clapman Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £8,635, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,152 to £19k (+271%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 623%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Clapman Charitable Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dipak Dristi (Light of Vision) (£19k), African Educational Cultural and Health Organisation Limited (£19k) and Animal Cancer Trust (£19k).