The Chiltern Centre Limited

Analysis

The Chiltern Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-On-Thames. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04843950). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chiltern Centre Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £762k to £1.3m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Chiltern Centre Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lambourne End Ltd (£1.3m), Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd (£1.3m) and The Ogilvie Charities (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 4.8%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 9.6%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.