The Chaseley Trust

Analysis

The Chaseley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in February 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04344486). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chaseley Trust reported income of £7.0m and spending of £7.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £7.0m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Chaseley Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfordshire Mind (£7.0m), Individual Care Services (£7.0m) and The Physiological Society (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 143 people.