Chelsea Academy Foundation

Analysis

Chelsea Academy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chelsea Academy Foundation reported income of £175k and spending of £273k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £208k to £175k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chelsea Academy Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton & Hove District Scout Council (£174k), The Little Lot Limited (£175k) and Meadow Nursery School Parents Association (£174k).

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.