The Chelmsford Cathedral School Foundation

Analysis

The Chelmsford Cathedral School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Chelmsford Cathedral School Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £23k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Chelmsford Cathedral School Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J S Uppal Family Foundation (£16k), Husborne Crawley Reading Room (£16k) and Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School (£16k).