THE CHADWICK TRUST

Registered charity 210643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Chadwick Trust was set up through a Trust Deed executed in 1890 by Sir Edwin Chadwick to embrace promotion of sanitary science and health, the prevention of disease and the physical training of the population. The Trust supports research and teaching in Public Health and Public Health Engineering at University College London, through the award of prizes, scholarships and fellowships.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SANITARY SCIENCE, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OF THE POPULATION SECURED BY THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC LECTURES, BY GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND BY THE PRESENTATION OF CHADWICK MEDALS AND PRIZES TO PERSONS WHO HAVE SHOWN EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN SUBJECTS WITHIN THE SCHEME OF THE TRUST.

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.

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

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient free reserves of unrestricted funds to meet future commitments, with a current account balance of £102,196 carried forward. The charity reports that performance for the year was in line with forecasts and is not dependent on voluntary help. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (93% of income)
“Dividend income in the year amounted to £17,436 (23/24: £17,721) was received.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: A level to generate sufficient investment income to support the cost of annual prizes, scholarships and fellowships, plus reserves for the five-yearly prize and grants (reserves figure: £102k)
“Reserves are maintained at a level to generate sufficient investment income to support the cost of annual prizes, scholarships and fellowships as described above. Additionally, sufficient reserves are held to enable the award of the Chadwick Naval, Military and Air Force Prize every five years at a value of £600, plus grants to the UCL Environmental Engineering Group as the Committee sees fit.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 04/06/2024, 4 days after the 31/05/2024 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
31/07/2025£47k£32k
31/07/2024£18k£1k
31/07/2023£18k£15k
31/07/2022£18k£19k
31/07/2021£17k£2k

Common questions

Is THE CHADWICK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient free reserves of unrestricted funds to meet future commitments, with a current account balance of £102,196 carried forward. The charity reports that performance for the year was in line with forecasts and is not dependent on voluntary help. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the filing.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE1£7.2m

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHADWICK TRUST£47k—0above—no doubt
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST FY2026£157k——unclear—no doubt
THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUST FY2025£2.8m—0above—no doubt
THE LEONARD CHADWICK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt

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