Chefs in Schools

Analysis

Chefs in Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11356489). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chefs in Schools reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £859k to £1.5m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chefs in Schools sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education for Health (£1.5m), Sport 4 Life UK (£1.5m) and Oasis Project (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60% and donations and legacies 40%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Reserves of £658k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.