Centre for Health Sciences Training Research and Development [chestrad] International

Analysis

Centre for Health Sciences Training Research and Development [chestrad] International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03249311). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Centre for Health Sciences Training Research and Development [chestrad] International reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £21k to £16k (-25%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Centre for Health Sciences Training Research and Development [chestrad] International sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Kilworth Village Hall (£16k), The Catriona Hargreaves Charitable Trust (£16k) and The Joyce and Norman Freed Charitable Trust (£16k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.