The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy

Analysis

The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy reported income of £55k and spending of £47k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £55k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Serious Fun Children's Network International (£55k), Sanktus (£55k) and Wolverhampton Samaritans (£55k).