Chorley's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Chorley's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chorley's Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £195 to £22k (+11096%), an average of +225% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 10290%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Chorley's Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sheiling Trust (£22k), Swanwick (Derbyshire) Old School House Trust (£22k) and The Friends of St James the Great, East Malling (£22k).