Chesham Grammar School Fund

Analysis

Chesham Grammar School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesham. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chesham Grammar School Fund reported income of £190k and spending of £745k, spending 392% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £259k to £190k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chesham Grammar School Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harding Trust (£190k), Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School (£190k) and The Tappenden Charity (£190k).