Cober Hill Charitable Trust

Analysis

Cober Hill Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and recreation, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09666472). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Cober Hill Charitable Trust reported income of £982k and spending of £1.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,661 to £982k (+14638%), an average of +248% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 13788%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Cober Hill Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 The Hudson Foundation (£976k), Exeter Homes Trust (£986k) and Roshni (Birmingham) (£975k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 27 people.

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.