The Co-Mission Initiative Trust

Analysis

The Co-Mission Initiative Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08848067). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Co-Mission Initiative Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £993k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £650k to £1.2m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Co-Mission Initiative Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Isleworth & Hounslow Charity Limited (£1.2m), The Joshua Trust (£1.2m) and Kensington and Chelsea Social Council (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72% and charitable activities 24%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £139k. Reserves of £286k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.