Clark Charitable Trust

Analysis

Clark Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Clark Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £13k to £16k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clark Charitable Trust 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 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hananiah Charitable Trust (£16k), Tasibeh Girls School (£16k) and Salaam Shalom Kitchen (£16k).