Chips (Christian International Peace Service)

Analysis

Chips (Christian International Peace Service) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chips (Christian International Peace Service) reported income of £271k and spending of £237k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £282k to £271k (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 52%. 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, Chips (Christian International Peace Service) 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 Tower Hamlets Community Church (£270k), West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project (£271k) and The Rock Church (£270k).