Cockermouth Round Table Charitable Trust

Analysis

Cockermouth Round Table Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cockermouth Round Table Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £28k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £154 to £25k (+16229%), an average of +258% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 9590%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cockermouth Round Table Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drayton Park School PTA (£25k), The Thurlestone Parish Hall (£25k) and Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra (£25k).