The Chamberlain Highbury Trust

Analysis

The Chamberlain Highbury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10157307). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Chamberlain Highbury Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £66k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £209k to £45k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Chamberlain Highbury Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David Richard Bell and Rosemary Elizabeth Bell Charitable Trust (£45k), Marham Poor's Allotment (£45k) and St Ives Foodbank (£45k).