Champness Hall Trust

Analysis

Champness Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09364801). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Champness Hall Trust reported income of £270k and spending of £264k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £270k (+350%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 222%. 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, Champness Hall Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tadley and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£270k), The Rock Church (£270k) and Northgate Church Trust (£270k).