Chinthowa Development Trust

Analysis

Chinthowa Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Atherstone. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chinthowa Development Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £25k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £21k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 901%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chinthowa Development Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% 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 Fishing for Forces (£21k), Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (£21k) and The English National Opera Benevolent Fund (£21k).