Community Health Around Torpoint
Analysis
Community Health Around Torpoint is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Health Around Torpoint reported income of £87k and spending of £103k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £87k (+0.6%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Health Around Torpoint sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safer Roads Foundation (£87k), Cynllun Adfocatiaeth Iechyd Meddwl the Mental Health Advocacy Scheme (£87k) and Mardyke Youth and Community Association (£87k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
CHAT a unique grass roots organisation, based in Torpoint, is an isolated border town surrounded by 5 parishes on the Rame Peninsula, population of 14,000. CHAT has become a focal point, providing a forum through which the community can share ideas, voice concerns, and become involved in implementing possible solutions. It has been instrumental in establishing a number of very successful projects.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Safer Roads Foundation | United Kingdom | £87k |
| Cynllun Adfocatiaeth Iechyd Meddwl the Mental Health Advocacy Scheme | Bangor | £87k |
| Mardyke Youth and Community Association | Rainham | £87k |
| St Andrews Evangelical Mission (Peru) | Middlesex | £87k |