THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY

Registered charity 1162321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to provide a visionary and unique centre to enable pupils of The Milestone School and SAND Academy, along with children, young people and adults throughout Gloucestershire, to overcome disability.Our vision is to enhance the wellbeing of those with disability - how they feel, how they function on a personal and social level, and how they feel about their lives as a whole.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£530k
Latest spending
£640k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operational surplus of £922 before depreciation, with total funds decreasing slightly to £4,080,104. However, the trustees and auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to uncertain timing of cash inflows from the controlling party, SAND Academies Trust, and rising operating costs. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £98,200, which is below the revised policy target of £120,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Chamwell Centre Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£530k
Total spending
£640k
Cost of raising funds
£104k
Reserves (reported)
£98k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (41% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£530k£640k
31/08/2024£524k£658k
31/08/2023£516k£656k
31/07/2022£389k£651k
31/07/2021£499k£318k

Common questions

Is THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small operational surplus of £922 before depreciation, with total funds decreasing slightly to £4,080,104. However, the trustees and auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to uncertain timing of cash inflows from the controlling party, SAND Academies Trust, and rising operating costs. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £98,200, which is below the revised policy target of £120,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£3kChildren and young people
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kChildren and young people
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUNDFY2022£2k
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITYFY2022—Organisation grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2025£19kHydrotherapy for Adults & Children with disabilities and additional needs
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2024£20kHydrotherapy for Adults & Children with disabilities and addtional needs
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£3kInclusive Chair Yoga for Everyone
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£10kChamwell Youth Club
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2020£80kThe Chamwell Centre for accessible therapies sports leisure and opportunities

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE 81 LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY£530k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRE 81 LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—material uncertainty
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt

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