Chesed

Analysis

Chesed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Chesed reported income of £70k and spending of £46k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £50k to £70k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 593%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chesed sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chippenham Link (£70k), The Daniel Rivlin Charitable Trust (£70k) and New Covenant International Ministries Cherubim and Seraphim (£70k).