The Chartered Secretaries' Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Chartered Secretaries' Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08602517). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Chartered Secretaries' Charitable Trust reported income of £238k and spending of £315k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £36k to £238k (+569%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 2657%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Chartered Secretaries' Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Educational Trust (£238k), Redditch Nightstop (£238k) and Now Church (£238k).