CHK Foundation

Analysis

CHK Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03130170). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, CHK Foundation reported income of £3.2m and spending of £5.0m, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £3.2m (+0.6%), an average of +0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, CHK Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Freddie Green and Family Charitable Foundation (£3.1m), The Maurice Hatter Foundation (£3.2m) and Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.2m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.