The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation

Analysis

The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03201907). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation reported income of £39k and spending of £177k, spending 456% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £55k to £39k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 400% 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, The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chapel House and District Community Association (£39k), The Razumovsky Trust (£39k) and UK Federation of Chinese Schools (£39k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.