The Stephen Clark Charitable Settlement 1965

Analysis

The Stephen Clark Charitable Settlement 1965 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in March 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stephen Clark Charitable Settlement 1965 reported income of £14k and spending of £131k, spending 904% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £14k (-99%), an average of -72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Stephen Clark Charitable Settlement 1965 sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Simcha Days in (£14k), Vision Gospel Ministries International (£14k) and Women's India Association of the UK (£14k).

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.