The Co-Operative College

Analysis

The Co-Operative College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Co-Operative College reported income of £265k and spending of £642k, spending 243% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £463k to £265k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 218% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Co-Operative College sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smart School Councils Community (£265k), The Cabin Crew Out of School Club (£265k) and Church Gresley Playgroup (£264k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.