Chexs

Analysis

Chexs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waltham Cross. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chexs reported income of £592k and spending of £540k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £344k to £592k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chexs sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salisbury Foodbank (£592k), Education Training Consortium Sussex (£593k) and Ostro Fayre Share Foundation (£592k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. It employed 14 people.