The Copped Hall Trust

Analysis

The Copped Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03428819). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Copped Hall Trust reported income of £309k and spending of £366k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £609k to £309k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Copped Hall Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust (£309k), Institute for European Environmental Policy, London (£310k) and The Footprint Trust Ltd (£309k).

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.