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THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 280559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Foundation is to make charitable donations for the relief of hardship, sickness and disability, the advancement of education and for other charitable purposes which help and benefit the community.

Objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves of £148,221 exceed the trustee's stated appropriate level of £100,000. The charity relies on dividends from its trading subsidiary, Chandris (England) Limited, for the majority of its income, which was £100,000 in the current year. The subsidiary group reported a profit after tax of £66,112 and maintains a net surplus in its defined benefit pension schemes.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,000 - £200,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£150,000 - £200,000 2 2” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 10
“Of the employees paid in excess of £60,000, 1 (2023 - 1) was accruing benefits under defined benefit pension schemes.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Dividends from subsidiary (98% of income)
“The Charity mainly derives its income from donations received, as well as dividends from Chandris (England) Limited. During the year a dividend of £100,000 was paid to the Charity” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £148k)
“There are minimal management and administration expenses at the entity level therefore a level of free reserves of £100,000 is considered appropriate. Free reserves are calculated as unrestricted funds less investments.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Chandris (England) Limited, Chandris (U.K) Limited, Chandris Insurance Services (U.K) Limited
“Chandris (England) Limited, company number 00608546, incorporated in the UK, is a holding and co-ordinating company for its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Chandris (U.K) Limited, company number 00607342 incorporated in the UK and Chandris Insurance Services (U.K) Limited, company number 05321376, incorporated in the UK” — page 30
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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
31/12/2024£3.3m£3.3m
31/12/2023£3.7m£2.9m
31/12/2022£3.4m£2.8m
31/12/2021£3.2m£2.8m
31/12/2020£2.7m£2.4m

Common questions

Is THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves of £148,221 exceed the trustee's stated appropriate level of £100,000. The charity relies on dividends from its trading subsidiary, Chandris (England) Limited, for the majority of its income, which was £100,000 in the current year. The subsidiary group reported a profit after tax of £66,112 and maintains a net surplus in its defined benefit pension schemes. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BDO UK LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,000 - £200,000 band, and 10 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£10k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PURI FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION£3.3m£150,000 - £200,00010above—no doubt
THE PURI FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3m—0above—no doubt
THE CHADDESLEY CORBETT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£128k—0unclear—no doubt
The Serendipity Foundation Limited FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION FY2025£328k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAPEL & YORK UK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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