The Michael Cohen Trust

Analysis

The Michael Cohen Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Michael Cohen Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £442k, spending 680% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £15k to £65k (+342%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 310%. Over the whole period it spent 484% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Michael Cohen Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Cole Valley South District Scout Council (£65k), The Mechanics Institute Henry Brown Prizes (£65k) and Sale Central Scout Group (£65k).

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.