The Chai Center

Analysis

The Chai Center is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Chai Center reported income of £412k and spending of £274k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £125k to £412k (+229%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 81%. 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 Chai Center sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Falconer Family Trust (£412k), Age Concern Dover Limited (£412k) and Destiny Christian Church Wakefield (£412k).