The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £23k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £46k to £56k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lady Forte Foundation (£56k), Norfolk Constabulary Benevolent Fund (£56k) and The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust (£56k).