Chipping Steam Fair

Analysis

Chipping Steam Fair is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Chipping Steam Fair reported income of £85k and spending of £61k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £12k to £85k (+593%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 431%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chipping Steam Fair sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 Glen Howe Park (£85k), Cheshire Border County Guides Association (£85k) and Stoke Sub Hamdon Sports and Recreation Trust (£85k).