Chums Charity

Analysis

Chums Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11427513). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Chums Charity reported income of £537k and spending of £546k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £427k to £537k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chums Charity sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Action Epping Forest (£537k), Headway Bristol Brain Injury Association Limited (£537k) and The Al-Ansari Foundation (£537k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 33% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 31%. Grants to other organisations totalled £374k. Reserves of £55k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.