The F E Cleary Schools Fund

Analysis

The F E Cleary Schools Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The F E Cleary Schools Fund reported income of £67k and spending of £825k, spending 1233% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £67k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 391% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The F E Cleary Schools Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Von Clemm Charitable Trust (£67k), Mirfield Educational Charity (£67k) and Ovingham and District Under 5's (£67k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.