The Cooke E-Learning Foundation

Analysis

The Cooke E-Learning Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05486162). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Cooke E-Learning Foundation reported income of £551k and spending of £525k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £412k to £551k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Cooke E-Learning Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robertsbridge Children's Services (£546k), Halesfield Day Nursery Centre (£553k) and Gloucestershire Vcse Alliance (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £26k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.