CHARITY EVALUATION WORKING GROUP (CHEW)

Registered charity 1184808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN DIRECT PURSUIT OF THEIR OBJECTS OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND OTHER FACILITIES, SERVICES OR SUPPORT AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEESFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £20,026 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its total funds from £30,024 to £9,999. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy requires coverage of at least two months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £9,999 are below this target. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £10k)
“They consider that such reserves should cover at least two months unrestricted expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 01/07/2024, 1 day after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£28k£48k
31/08/2024£25k£20k
31/08/2023£64k£19k
31/08/2022£11k£20k
31/08/2021£5k£24k

Common questions

Is CHARITY EVALUATION WORKING GROUP (CHEW) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £20,026 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its total funds from £30,024 to £9,999. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy requires coverage of at least two months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £9,999 are below this target. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARITY EVALUATION WORKING GROUP (CHEW)£28k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt
CHEFS IN SCHOOLS FY2025£1.5m——within—no doubt
THE CHARITY FINANCE GROUP FY2025£2.0m——within—no doubt
DITCH THE LABEL LTD FY2025£602k——above—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FY2025£161k——unclear—no doubt

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