The Claxton Parish Pit Charity

Analysis

The Claxton Parish Pit Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in July 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, The Claxton Parish Pit Charity reported income of £16k and spending of £8,257, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £9,044 to £16k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Claxton Parish Pit Charity sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Thomas Powell (£16k), Christ International Ministries (£16k) and Henry Smith's Charity (£16k).