Cooper Associates Foundation

Analysis

Cooper Associates Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11318802). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Cooper Associates Foundation reported income of £27k and spending of £20k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £27k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cooper Associates Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lovewell (£27k), Cornerstone Counselling (£27k) and Projects in Palestine (£27k).