R E Clipsham Charitable Settlement

Analysis

R E Clipsham Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in April 1976, 50 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, R E Clipsham Charitable Settlement reported income of £10k and spending of £19k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £16k to £10k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, R E Clipsham Charitable Settlement sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The T L Dallas Charitable Trust (£10k), Dilemma (£10k) and Catholic Disability Fellowship - National Council (£10k).