The Mayor of Chester's Charity Fund

Analysis

The Mayor of Chester's Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ellesmere Port. It was registered in October 1982, 44 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Mayor of Chester's Charity Fund reported income of £24k and spending of £19k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £2,029 to £24k (+1092%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 528%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, The Mayor of Chester's Charity Fund sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kemble Charitable Trust (£24k), Heckfield Memorial Hall (£24k) and Rotary Club of Church and Oswaldtwistle Trust Fund (£24k).