Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03662832). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation reported income of £908k and spending of £518k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £389k to £908k (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dr. Martens Foundation (£904k), Dorchester Agricultural Society (£908k) and Hilton UK Foundation (£904k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £518k. Reserves of £411k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate.