The Helen Jean Cope Charity

Analysis

The Helen Jean Cope Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06660648). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Helen Jean Cope Charity reported income of £176k and spending of £229k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £162k to £176k (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Helen Jean Cope Charity sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Live Well with Cancer (£176k), Hobden Foundation (£176k) and The David and Ruth Behrend Fund (£175k).