Barrie Cooper Charitable Trust

Analysis

Barrie Cooper Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford Forum. It was registered in November 2002, 24 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 2025, Barrie Cooper Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £6,000, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,000 to £14k (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 135% 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, Barrie Cooper Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Colchester Centurion Trust Fund (£14k), Dinton Village Hall (£14k) and Thorpe Village Hall (£14k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.