The Clarke Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Clarke Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in June 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Clarke Charitable Settlement reported income of £57k and spending of £186k, spending 325% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £55k to £57k (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 220% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Clarke Charitable Settlement 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chameleon Buddies (£57k), Parish Lands (£57k) and Paul Lunn-Rockliffe Charitable Trust (£57k).

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.