Cope Childrens Trust

Analysis

Cope Childrens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in September 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02743297). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cope Childrens Trust reported income of £10.6m and spending of £11.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.2m to £10.6m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cope Childrens Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theirworld (£10.5m), Signhealth (£10.6m) and Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) (£10.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 20%, trading 20% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.2m. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £8.4m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 207 people.