The Bernice Cowen Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bernice Cowen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The Bernice Cowen Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £2,497, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £24k to £17k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bernice Cowen Charitable Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Millrace Foundation CIO (£17k), Rotary Club of Worsley Charitable Trust (£17k) and Easingwold Community Library Association (£17k).