Dr Challoner's School Educational Trust

Analysis

Dr Challoner's School Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dr Challoner's School Educational Trust reported income of £358k and spending of £417k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £541k to £358k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dr Challoner's School Educational Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bulmershe School Fund (£358k), Sos! Special Educational Needs (£358k) and The Ladybird Pre-School (£358k).