GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST) — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 24 April 1963
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £6,480,660
Latest expenditure: £9,859,204
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 1 DEAN TRENCH STREET, WESTMINSTER, SW1P 3HB

Website recorded by the regulator: www.clergysupport.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Clergy Support Trust, formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy, is a clergy support charity established in 1655. Our mission is to support Anglican clergy families through difficult times, whether caused by financial hardship, health problems or other difficulties. We do this mainly through cash grants to individual beneficiaries and through working with other clergy wellbeing organisations.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 1 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 1 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £6,480,660
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,859,204

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,498,565
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,978,412

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £4,641,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,543,210

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £4,712,508
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,902,917

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 19 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 19 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,262,203
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,572,340

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £6,480,660
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,859,204
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,498,565
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,978,412
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 17 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £4,641,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,543,210
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £4,712,508
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,902,917
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 19 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,262,203
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,572,340
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 3

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 223878
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 3697782
Income Other: 2559000
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6480660
Income Legacies: 79230
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £713,042
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £9,146,162
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 9859204
Expenditure Investment Management: 346677
Expenditure Grants Institution: 166267
Expenditure Governance: 56140
Expenditure Support Costs: 792697
Expenditure Depreciation: 30109
Gain Loss Investment: 6135031
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £117,528,155
Assets Total Fixed: 113195132
Assets Own Use: 563834
Assets Long Term Investment: 112631298
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £5,683,892
Assets Total Liabilities: £532,852
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £118,346,172
Creditors One Year Total Current: 532852
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,789,149
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 117528155
Funds Restricted: 818017
Funds Total: 118346172
Count Employees: 24
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 314892
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4183673
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4498565
Income Legacies: 223520
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £613,241
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £8,365,171
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 8978412
Expenditure Investment Management: 327265
Expenditure Grants Institution: 143900
Expenditure Governance: 21630
Expenditure Support Costs: 690969
Expenditure Depreciation: 37662
Gain Loss Investment: 3789455
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 142911
Reserves: £114,616,345
Assets Total Fixed: 112298307
Assets Own Use: 585427
Assets Long Term Investment: 111712880
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,669,665
Assets Total Liabilities: £378,287
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £115,589,685
Creditors One Year Total Current: 378287
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £3,205,990
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 114616345
Funds Restricted: 973340
Funds Total: 115589685
Count Employees: 23
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 17 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 361973
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4279425
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4641398
Income Legacies: 280828
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £559,291
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £7,983,919
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 8543210
Expenditure Investment Management: 301535
Expenditure Grants Institution: 170101
Expenditure Governance: 23780
Expenditure Support Costs: 607996
Expenditure Depreciation: 40565
Gain Loss Investment: 3944863
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 80000
Reserves: £114,648,912
Assets Total Fixed: 109666764
Assets Own Use: 620132
Assets Long Term Investment: 109046632
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £6,905,375
Assets Total Liabilities: £434,973
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £116,137,166
Creditors One Year Total Current: 434973
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £6,406,710
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 114648912
Funds Restricted: 1488254
Funds Total: 116137166
Count Employees: 21
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 320248
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4392260
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4712508
Income Legacies: 223053
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £540,580
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,362,337
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6902917
Expenditure Investment Management: 382085
Expenditure Grants Institution: 139139
Expenditure Governance: 38431
Expenditure Support Costs: 663464
Expenditure Depreciation: 35858
Gain Loss Investment: -16719164
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 201205
Reserves: £114,061,320
Assets Total Fixed: 108754772
Assets Own Use: 630257
Assets Long Term Investment: 108124515
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £7,615,197
Assets Total Liabilities: £355,854
Assets Current Investment: 6012618
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £116,014,115
Creditors One Year Total Current: 355854
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,391,349
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 114061320
Funds Restricted: 1952795
Funds Total: 116014115
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 19 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 116382
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4145821
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4262203
Income Legacies: 41000
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £314,709
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,257,631
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4572340
Expenditure Investment Management: 278173
Expenditure Grants Institution: 170475
Expenditure Governance: 16260
Expenditure Support Costs: 298266
Expenditure Depreciation: 30811
Gain Loss Investment: 16448003
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 133259578
Assets Own Use: 656200
Assets Long Term Investment: 132603378
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,764,490
Assets Total Liabilities: £301,585
Assets Current Investment: 674517
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £134,722,483
Creditors One Year Total Current: 301585
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £945,548
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 132592260
Funds Restricted: 2130223
Funds Total: 134722483
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST)
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2026-09-16T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 4025838
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1115841
Assoc Charity Name: THE MIND AND SOUL FOUNDATION

Charity Name: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST)
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1963-04-24T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: THE ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED IN 1678 AMENDED BY THE SCHEME DATED 3/2/1971 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY AN ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 5/4/1971 AND AMENDED BY THE SCHEME DATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 17 OCTOBER 2012 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 03/09/2013 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 19/10/2017 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COURT DATED 15/11/2017 AS AMENDED ON 12 FEB 2019 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28 NOV 2019 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COURT DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2020.
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN SUCH MANNER AS AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY OR HARDSHIP OR FOR THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL."BENEFICIARIES" MEANS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY, ORDINANDS AND THE SPOUSES, FORMER SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND DEPENDANTS OF LIVING OR DECEASED MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OR OF ORDINANDS.(A) "CHILDREN" INCLUDES ADOPTED CHILDREN, STEP-CHILDREN AND PERSONS TREATED AS THE CHILDREN OF A MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP.(B) “CIVIL PARTNERS” MEANS THE MEMBERS OF A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1(1) OF THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004.(C) "CLERGY" AND "MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY" MEAN BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.(D) "ORDINANDS" MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR ORDINATION AS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY.(E) THE "SPOUSE" OF A PERSON MEANS HIS OR HER WIFE, HUSBAND, CIVIL PARTNER, WIDOW, WIDOWER OR SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 274065
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY

Charity Name Id: 530079
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: SONS AND FRIENDS OF THE CLERGY

Charity Name Id: 538704
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED SONS AND FRIENDS OF THE CLERGY)

Charity Name Id: 274118
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED THE CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY)

Charity Name Id: 612944
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST

Charity Name Id: 274105
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED THE CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY)

Charity Name Id: 274061
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION

Charity Name Id: 274132
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: SONS OF THE CLERGY

Charity Name Id: 274136
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE SONS OF THE CLERGY CORPORATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures