Chapman Charitable Trust

Analysis

Chapman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Chapman Charitable Trust reported income of £442k and spending of £481k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £2.2m to £442k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chapman Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glenmate Limited (£442k), Thurrock Open Door (£442k) and Room to Heal (£442k).

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.