Chigwell United Charities

Analysis

Chigwell United Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chigwell. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chigwell United Charities reported income of £15k and spending of £5,761, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,534 to £15k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chigwell United Charities sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pistol Benefit Fund (£15k), Samanvaya Parivar-Leicester (£15k) and The Order of St George The Martyr (£15k).