CLSG Bursary and Awards Fund

Analysis

CLSG Bursary and Awards Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, CLSG Bursary and Awards Fund reported income of £1.4m and spending of £157k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £936k to £1.4m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, CLSG Bursary and Awards Fund sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downs View Life Skills College (£1.4m), Cambridge Science Centre (£1.4m) and Future Frontiers (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £350k. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £58k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.