Clare King Charitable Trust
Trust endowed by the late Clare King's estate that made 24 unnamed grants totalling £46,000 in 2024/25; its risk statement refers to bank deposits though most of its funds are in an investment portfolio
| Clare King Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2007-09-05 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1120765 |
| Headquarters | Elsworth, Cambridge CB23 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
Clare King Charitable Trust is a charitable trust registered on 5 September 2007; the register gives its governing document as a declaration of trust of 7 July 2007, while the accounts refer to a trust deed of 9 July 2007.[1][2][3] Its address is in Cambridge CB23, and its areas of operation are England and Wales and Israel.[1] The accounts say "The late Clare King bequeathed the residue of her estate to be used to endow a Charitable Trust in her name" and that the trustees "will consider what the settlor, Clare King, may have chosen to support"; the register describes support for "medical research, children, the elderly and less able".[2][1] The trustees are Louise Rebecca Maddison, who the register shows is also a trustee of the Philip King Charitable Trust (263992), Ian Errington Maddison, Sally-Ann Feldman and Brian Feldman (both from 15 June 2021).[1] In the year to 31 May 2025 income was £32,417 (interest £17,152, dividends £15,265); "The trustees made 24 grants totalling £46,000 in the year (2024 £30,840)"; and funds were £927,890, including investments of £595,669 and cash at bank of £331,227.[2] The accounts were signed on 27 March 2026 and examined by Mr Ben Stoehr.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The Clare King Charitable Trust seeks to support specific causes / projects run by other organizations particularly in the area of medical research, children, the elderly and less able."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Rebecca Maddison | not recorded | Philip King Charitable Trust (263992) | |
| Ian Errington Maddison | not recorded | — | |
| Sally-Ann Feldman | 2021-06-15 | — | |
| Brian Feldman | 2021-06-15 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-08 | Louise Rebecca Maddison – also trustee of Philip King Charitable Trust; Derek Nicholas Tarsh – also trustee of Sustain for Life, The D N and C H Tarsh Charitable Trust, Philip King Charitable Trust, Polacks House Educational Trust; Ian Errington Maddison; Cynthia Helen Tarsh – also trustee of The D N and C H Tarsh Charitable Trust | [4] |
The archived full print of July 2021 also lists Derek Nicholas Tarsh OBE and Cynthia Helen Tarsh as trustees, both then trustees of The D N and C H Tarsh Charitable Trust.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-31 | £11,591 | £4,444 |
| 2022-05-31 | £14,349 | £60,915 |
| 2023-05-31 | £23,279 | £41,786 |
| 2024-05-31 | £33,991 | £35,068 |
| 2025-05-31 | £32,417 | £50,692 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 May 2025: 24 grants totalling £46,000 (2024: £30,840); no recipient or place is named.[2]
Israeli partners
No recipient is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.[1]
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| No place in Israel is named.[2] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: Not established.[2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[6] it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.[7][8][9][10] The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.[11]
- No recipients named. The 24 grants totalling £46,000 are not broken down by recipient.[2]
- Inconsistent risk statement. The risk text refers to "keeping funds on bank deposit at this time", while £595,669 is held in a managed portfolio; note 6 shows all £927,890 as "Net Current Assets". The policies cite SORP 2005 and the Charities Act 1993.[2]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[14]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[15]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.[16]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[17]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Clare King Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, Clare King Charitable Trust (1120765): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Clare King Charitable Trust (1120765): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1120765, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Clare King Charitable Trust (1120765): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 03/07/2021.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 25 batch-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-25 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-25 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Clare King Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1120765 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-25 screening covered 459 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Clare King Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).