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chapman charitable trust

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other charities or voluntary bodies. Chapman Charitable Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

We make grants primarily to culture and heritage; nature conservation; and activity, health and wellbeing (including research). We mainly support national charities, but also local charities if their beneficiaries or activities are located in North Wales, London or South East England (specifically Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire).

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£475,644
Latest Expenditure
£502,082

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 15.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 91.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 9.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,964,800
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £377,815
Other Income £360

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £369,534
Raising Funds £33,781
Governance £3,534
Grants to Institutions £366,000
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£475,644£502,0820 / 2
2023£2,342,975£403,315£369,534£11,915,623£11,915,6230 / 2
2022£2,180,759£330,449£303,285£10,452,505£10,452,5050 / 3
2021£265,309£286,6290 / 3
2020£371,899£394,0990 / 2

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers