The Clement Keys Charitable Trust
Charity 326706
Overview
Summary
The Clement Keys Charitable Trust appears to operate primarily as a grant-making vehicle rather than a direct service provider. Its broad legal objects give it discretion to support charitable causes generally, while placing particular emphasis on relieving suffering and poverty arising from disasters. Funded through investment income and donation-related Gift Aid, it may provide flexible support to other charities responding across local, national or international contexts. The available evidence establishes its financial and charitable role, but reveals little about its practical funding priorities or relationships.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: the Charity Commission register currently lists Birmingham City among the places where the trust operates, alongside Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire and Wolverhampton.
- Reasonable interpretation: this indicates a declared regional West Midlands footprint rather than a neighbourhood-, district- or Birmingham-citywide delivery model.
- There is no evidence identifying any current grants, recipient organisations, projects or service-delivery locations within Birmingham. Consequently, no supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place can be evidenced as an operational area.
- The trust reported £0 income and £0 expenditure for each of the financial years ending 5 April 2021 through 5 April 2025. This leaves it unclear whether it is currently making grants in Birmingham or elsewhere despite its declared operating geography.
- The registered address is a care-of address in Castle Donington, Derby, and should not be treated as an operational site. The Charity Commission record states that the trust does not own or lease land or property.
Additional evidence needed
- A current grants list or trustees' report identifying grant recipients, award dates and recipient locations.
- Confirmation from the trust or its administrators of whether any grants have been made since 5 April 2025 and whether Birmingham remains an active funding area.
- Evidence linking any current Birmingham grant recipients to a supplied ward or to City Centre, where appropriate.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A flexible funder with a disaster-oriented purpose
The Trust appears able to fund a wide range of charitable purposes, but its objects suggest that disaster-related suffering and poverty are an important intended area of focus.
Why it matters
This combination may allow the Trust to respond to emerging needs while retaining a distinctive potential role in supporting recovery after personal, local, national or international disasters.
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“The charity may pay charitable institutions for all or any of their charitable objects or for other charitable purposes at the trustees' discretion.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects more particularly include relief of human suffering and poverty resulting from personal, local, national or international disaster.”
Source:Charity Commission
An intermediary rather than a frontline organisation
The Trust appears to contribute through other charities and voluntary bodies, positioning it as a financial enabler within a wider civic support network rather than as a direct provider of assistance.
Why it matters
Its impact is likely to depend substantially on grant selection, recipient relationships and the capacities of funded organisations; these are therefore more important to understanding it than a conventional service list would be.
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“The charity helps other charities or voluntary bodies and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its resource base may support continuity, but its scale is unknown
Investment returns and Gift Aid suggest a mixed funding model that may provide some ongoing income alongside donated support, rather than reliance on a single fundraising channel.
Why it matters
This may give the Trust scope to sustain grant-making over time or respond when needs arise, but without financial data it is not possible to judge its capacity, resilience or practical influence.
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“The charity raises funds through investment returns and Gift Aid from donations.”
Source:Charity Commission“It applies funds in accordance with its objects.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether disaster relief is a regular grant-making priority or a permissive emphasis within much broader giving.
- Which organisations, places, communities or types of disaster the Trust has supported.
- The scale, frequency and conditions of its grants.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and grant lists showing income, assets, expenditure and recipients.
- Trustee reports or grant-making criteria explaining priorities, geographic scope and decision-making.
- Evidence from funded organisations on the role and effects of the Trust's support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Raising funds through investment returns and gift aid from donations. Applying such funds in accordance with the objects of the charity.
Charity objects
TO PAY SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THEREOF OR TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND MORE PARTICULARLY FOR THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING AND POVERTY CONSEQUENT UPON THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL, LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER.