The Clara E Burgess Charity
THE CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY – A limited number of grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales that are supporting the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people, and in particular children aged 10 and under who have lost either or both parents.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time in writing.
o Funder: The Clara E Burgess Charity (founded 1997. Charity number 1072546. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 20 October 2022: £226,250 (2021: £56,000)).
o Who can apply: registered charities in England and Wales.
o Key words: the Relief of Children and Young People, Education, Health, Physical Wellbeing, Bereaved Children under the age of 10, England, Wales.
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The Clara E Burgess Charity’s administrator is the Ludlow Trust Company, a Bristol-based organisation whose Funding Enquiry Gateway enables registered charities to gain access to one or more of the 250+ Charitable Trusts it manages. These include:
o GREEN AND LILIAN F M AINSWORTH AND FAMILY BENEVOLENT FUND.
o HARRY AUSTIN WILL TRUST.
o MEGAN VAN'T HOFF CHARITABLE TRUST
o MISS PATRICIA ANN HERBERTS CHARITABLE TRUST.
o THE ALBERT EDWARD PROCTER CHARITABLE TRUST.
o THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST
o THE DANEGO CHARITABLE TRUST.
o THE DENNARD FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.
o THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION, and
o THE ROWLAND BETTY MEMORIAL TRUST.
The charitable objectives of the Clara E Burgess Charity are:
“The relief of children and young persons, in particular by:
o the provision of facilities and assistance to enhance the education, health and physical wellbeing of such children in order that their conditions of life may be improved, and having particular regard to:
o children under the age of 10 and those who have lost either one or both parents“.
During the year ended 20th October 2022, the Charity awarded just 4 grants totalling £226,250 (2021: 12 grants totalling £56,000), as follows:
o Magic Breakfast: £126,250.
o School Readers: £5,000.
o Thomas Coram Foundation for Children: £90,000, and
o Uniformed: £5,000
A list of all grant recipients over the last 2 years are provided on page 12 of the Charity’s annual accounts.
Further information about the Charity can be obtained via the Ludlow Trust’s Funding Gateway and its Charity Commission entry.
Applications may be made at any time in writing. Applications are considered at regular meeting of trustees.
Contact details for the Charity are
The Clara E Burgess Charity
Ludlow Trust Co Ltd
Tower Wharf
Cheese Lane
BRISTOL
BS2 0JJ
Tel: 0117 313 8200
Email: charitabletrusts@ludlowtrust.com
