The Cheshire West and Chester Chairman's Trust

Analysis

The Cheshire West and Chester Chairman's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ellesmere Port. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cheshire West and Chester Chairman's Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £300 to £16k (+5158%), an average of +169% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 7948%. Over the whole period it spent 254% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Cheshire West and Chester Chairman's Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hungarian School Woking (£16k), The Parents Association of Bournes Green Schools (£16k) and Mere Pre-School/Nursery (£16k).