Earl of Chichester's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Earl of Chichester's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Earl of Chichester's Charitable Trust reported income of £215k and spending of £71k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £215k (+568%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 498%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Earl of Chichester's Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Emanuel Vincent Harris Trust (£214k), Yeovil Day Centre and Community Meals Service (£215k) and The Vandervell Foundation (£214k).