The Chellaram Foundation

Analysis

The Chellaram Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, The Chellaram Foundation reported income of £5.6m and spending of £2.4m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £198k to £5.6m (+2732%), an average of +131% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 531%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Chellaram Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pilgrims' School (£5.5m), The Anglo-American Charity Limited (£5.8m) and Quilter Investors Charity Authorised Investment Funds (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £10.0m would cover about 50 months of spending at that rate.