Chiltern Charitable Trust

Analysis

Chiltern Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Chiltern Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £19k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,207 to £27k (+414%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 269%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chiltern Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swimming Together and Recreational Sports (£27k), Deaf-Self (£27k) and Al Mustafa Poverty Relief Foundation (£27k).