Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment

Analysis

Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04203229). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment reported income of £121k and spending of £37k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £162k to £121k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Honiton Hill Rally (£121k), The Society for Latin American Studies (£121k) and Music for People (Summer School of Music) (£121k).