The Lord Cockfield Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Lord Cockfield Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lord Cockfield Memorial Trust reported income of £171k and spending of £264k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £116k to £171k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Lord Cockfield Memorial Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teesdale Village Halls Consortium (£171k), Cranleigh and District Lions Club (CIO) (£172k) and The Town Lands (£171k).