THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 800015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the charity is to work for the advancement of education among pupils attending school, college or other educational establishment by awarding scholarships. Also for the benefit or furtherance of such charitable institution or charitable purposes in such manner and (if more than one) in such shares as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion from time to time determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£328k
Latest spending
£370k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £222,783 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by a significant loss on the revaluation of investments. Despite this, the charity holds substantial unrestricted funds totaling £8,309,332, with the trustees confirming adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Myers Clark. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Total income
£989k
Total spending
£199k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£328k£370k
05/04/2024£989k£199k
05/04/2023£208k£256k
05/04/2022£180k£80k
05/04/2021£182k£130k

Common questions

Is THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £222,783 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by a significant loss on the revaluation of investments. Despite this, the charity holds substantial unrestricted funds totaling £8,309,332, with the trustees confirming adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Myers Clark.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION£328k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£149k—0above—no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£559k—0below—no doubt
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION FY2024£3.3m£150,000 - £200,00010above—no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
THE CHEAM FOUNDATION FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt

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