Chase Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment)

Analysis

Chase Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Frome. It was registered in November 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chase Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment) reported income of £832k and spending of £947k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £959k to £832k (-13%), an average of -6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chase Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment) 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick (£832k), Rising Brook Baptist Church (£833k) and Barnsley Hospital Charity (£831k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82% and trading 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £620k. Reserves of £213k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.