Chelwood Community Fund CIO

Analysis

Chelwood Community Fund CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Chelwood Community Fund CIO reported income of £26k and spending of £12k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £10k to £26k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Chelwood Community Fund CIO sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Littleworth Community Association (£26k), Rotary Club of the Deepings Charitable Trust (£26k) and Caterham, Oxted and Godstone Lions Club (£26k).