Common questions about Clarion Futures's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Clarion Futures a good charity? +
Clarion Futures scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Clarion Futures a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Clarion Futures as a registered charity (charity number 1135056). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1135056&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Clarion Futures's charity number? +
Clarion Futures's charity number is 1135056. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Clarion Futures's charity rating? +
Clarion Futures scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Clarion Futures have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Clarion Futures. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Clarion Futures? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Clarion Futures's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Clarion Futures's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 7% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Clarion Futures. Clarion Futures's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (4 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Clarion Futures receive? +
Clarion Futures reported £17m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Clarion Futures's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-15). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Clarion Futures based? +
Clarion Futures's register entry is at United Kingdom. It tells the regulator it operates in England, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is Clarion Futures's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Clarion Futures's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (4 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Clarion Futures's money come from? +
Clarion Futures reported £17m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £8.9m (51%), investments £5m (29%), charitable activities £3.4m (20%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Clarion Futures? +
The register does not record Clarion Futures as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Clarion Futures's trustees paid? +
Clarion Futures's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Clarion Futures previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Clarion Futures: Affinity Sutton Community Foundation; Affinity Sutton Foundation.
When was Clarion Futures registered as a charity? +
Clarion Futures was entered on the register on 22 March 2010. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07156509).
How does CharityCompare score Clarion Futures? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Clarion Futures's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Clarion Futures's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.