Chitepani Trust

Analysis

Chitepani Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colne. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05716364). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chitepani Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £13k to £12k (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chitepani Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Build a Bridge Foundation (£12k), Doncaster Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi (£12k) and The Late Mr Leonard Marchant Minty Charitable Trust (£12k).