The John Coldman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Coldman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The John Coldman Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £36k, spending 325% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £75k to £11k (-85%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The John Coldman Charitable Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Active Life Foundation (£11k), Hadspen Village Hall (£11k) and The Moyes Charitable Trust (£11k).