The Richard Coaker Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Coaker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Richard Coaker Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £20k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £10k to £19k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 139% 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, The Richard Coaker 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 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chester Ladies Choir (£19k), Age Concern - Ruabon (£19k) and The Woodrow Family Charitable Trust (£19k).

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.