THE CHETWODE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 265950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support charities that provide help to the most disadvantaged, under-privileged young people in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands, giving them opportunities to fulfill their potential, and benefit the wider community.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£121k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,027,455 to £2,957,900 due to a net loss on investments of £34,841 and charitable expenditure of £97,096. The Trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and have adopted the going concern basis of accounting. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves as they consider necessary (reserves figure: £3.0m)
“The Trustees look to retain sufficient cash reserves as they consider necessary to respond to requests for grants.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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
05/04/2025£86k£121k
05/04/2024£93k£116k
05/04/2023£91k£112k
05/04/2022£81k£97k
05/04/2021£84k£86k

Common questions

Is THE CHETWODE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,027,455 to £2,957,900 due to a net loss on investments of £34,841 and charitable expenditure of £97,096. The Trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and have adopted the going concern basis of accounting. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHETWODE FOUNDATION£86k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HETTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
SIR JOHN EASTWOOD FOUNDATION FY2025£301k—0above—no doubt
THE RATCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0within—no doubt
CHELTONIAN ENDOWMENT TRUST FY2025£99k—0unclear—no doubt
CLAVERDON FIELDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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