Cheshire Community Foundation Limited

Analysis

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07731278). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cheshire Community Foundation Limited reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.7m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.3m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cheshire Community Foundation Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Change Charitable Trust (£2.2m), Rotherham Crossroads - Caring for Carers (£2.3m) and Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, investments 16% and donations and legacies 7.8%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £359k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.