William Chown Charitable Trust

Analysis

William Chown Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, William Chown Charitable Trust reported income of £101k and spending of £123k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £36k to £101k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 1559%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, William Chown Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nesivos Chaim UK (£101k), Porchfield Community Association (£101k) and Blackheath Rugby Charitable Trust (£101k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.