The Chichester Ship Canal Trust

Analysis

The Chichester Ship Canal Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04525876). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chichester Ship Canal Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £58k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £132k to £77k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Chichester Ship Canal Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Robert Speed Charitable Trust (£77k), Mercread Youth Centre (£77k) and Snow Buddies UK (£77k).