The Clover Trust

Analysis

The Clover Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 December 2025, The Clover Trust reported income of £186k and spending of £241k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £196k to £186k (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Clover Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gambling Harm UK (£186k), Adventure Therapy (£186k) and Peoples Foundation (£186k).