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Chayn

  • 4 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Italy, Pakistan, India and more
Website
chayn.co (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£760k£804k
  • 2023£715k£707k
Earlier years
  • 2022£890k£741k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS SUFFERED BY THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING ONLINE SERVICES INCLUDING INFORMATION, GUIDES AND SUPPORT; AND(B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INCLUDING THROUGH RESEARCH ANDTRAINING.GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS DEFINED AS HARMFUL ACTS DIRECTED AT AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THEIR GENDER AND INCLUDES DOMESTIC ABUSE (WHICH MEANS PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL AND/OR MENTAL ABUSE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR ‘FAMILY’ RELATIONSHIP), RAPE, HARASSMENT, SEX-TRAFFICKING, TECH-ENABLED HARASSMENT OR ABUSE, AND REPRODUCTIVE VIOLENCE.

Grants received

2 grants · £905,875 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £815,875
  • Comic Relief · £90,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £815,8752023-09-18
  • Comic Relief £90,0002021-09-08
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3Other Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£760k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.5 in 2022

7 from 5 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
270 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1196098
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Oct 2021
Contact on the register
02032903191 · team@chayn.co
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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