The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund

Analysis

The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund reported income of £67k and spending of £80k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £63k to £67k (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheldon Community Church (£67k), Hertfordshire Christian Centre (£67k) and Chelsea Gospel Trust (£67k).

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.