Cord Global

Analysis

Cord Global is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03566119). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cord Global reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.8m (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cord Global sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scunthorpe and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.8m), The Fellowship of St Nicholas (£1.8m) and St Hilda's East (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78% and donations and legacies 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £73k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £366k. Reserves of £722k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.