Centre for Health and the Public Interest (Chpi)

Analysis

Centre for Health and the Public Interest (Chpi) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08047440). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Centre for Health and the Public Interest (Chpi) reported income of £149k and spending of £112k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £118k to £149k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Centre for Health and the Public Interest (Chpi) sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haywood Rheumatism Research and Development Foundation (£149k), People International Projects Ltd (£149k) and Home-Start Cole Valley (£149k).