The Chedva Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Chedva Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in June 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Chedva Charitable Trust reported income of £206k and spending of £498k, spending 242% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £558k to £206k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 296% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Chedva Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medics 4 Rare Diseases (£206k), Devizes and District Opportunity Centre (£206k) and Thames Life (£206k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.