Cohere Charity

Analysis

Cohere Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08534364). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cohere Charity reported income of £811k and spending of £2.0m, spending 249% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £725k to £811k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 430%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cohere Charity 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaarei Rachamim Limited (£810k), Middlewich Community Church (£812k) and Big Issue North Trust Ltd (£810k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 56% and donations and legacies 36%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 26%. Grants to other organisations totalled £676k. Reserves of £311k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.