Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation

Analysis

Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04117665). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £4.5m to £3.6m (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salford Foundation Limited (£3.6m), Breaking Barriers (£3.6m) and The Band Aid Charitable Trust (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84% and investments 16%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.1m. It employed 16 people.