THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1091775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust fund is held for the benefit or furtherance of such charitable institution or charitable purposes in such manner and (if more than one) in such shares as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion from time to time determine.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND (IF MORE THAN ONE) IN SUCH SHARES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PUPILS ATTENDING A SCHOOL COLLEGE OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT BY AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE KNOWN AS THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THEM WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AT SUCH TIME AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£149k

Latest spending

£296k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £147,284 for the year ended 5 April 2025, reducing its bank balances from £456,105 to £308,821. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain accumulated funds at a sufficient level to meet at least one year's administration costs. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £2,240,000 and investments valued at £489,967.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rent received - Tudor Barn (32% of income)

“Rent received - Tudor Barn 47,192” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one year's administration costs (reserves figure: £309k)

“maintain accumulated funds at a suffficient level to meet at least one year's administration costs” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 23/02/2026, 18 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 17/02/2025, 12 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 26/03/2024, 50 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 24/03/2022, 47 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£72k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£3.5m

Employees

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

James Alexander Champniss
SUSY JOANNE MUNDY
VENETIA ALMA MARY CHAMPNISS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£149k	£296k
05/04/2024	£71k	£157k
05/04/2023	£161k	£85k
05/04/2022	£113k	£68k
05/04/2021	£2.3m	£72k

Common questions

Is THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £147,284 for the year ended 5 April 2025, reducing its bank balances from £456,105 to £308,821. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain accumulated funds at a sufficient level to meet at least one year's administration costs. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £2,240,000 and investments valued at £489,967. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£300k
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION.

THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION income £328k
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £100k
HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £108k
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST income £0
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £372k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION FY2025	£328k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£0	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.