Chequer Mead Arts and Community Trust

Analysis

Chequer Mead Arts and Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chequer Mead Arts and Community Trust reported income of £751k and spending of £729k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £267k to £751k (+181%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chequer Mead Arts and Community Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maritime Archaeology Trust (£751k), China Plate Theatre Limited (£752k) and Royal Artillery Museum (£748k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 46%, trading 20%, donations and legacies 13% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £159k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.