Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Community Trust

Analysis

Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochester. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 2026, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Community Trust reported income of £95k and spending of £8,760, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £95k (+529%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Community Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kensington and Chelsea District Nursing Trust (£95k), Mrs H R Greene Charitable Settlement (£95k) and The I Kaufman Charitable Trust (£95k).