CHEQS and Local Villages Trust

Analysis

CHEQS and Local Villages Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in February 1987, 39 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 2025, CHEQS and Local Villages Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £500, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, CHEQS and Local Villages Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Holmfirth Trust Fund (£12k), Whitby District Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£12k) and Feldman International Charitable Trust (£12k).