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.

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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 (held: £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.

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 (2.9%) (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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE CRISPA (RICHARD CAHN) CHARITABLE TRUST income £111k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k
ZICHRON MOSHE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST income £119k
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £279k
THE CUNMONT CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.4m

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
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CRISPA (RICHARD CAHN) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ZICHRON MOSHE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£119k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£279k	—	above	—	no doubt

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