The Manny Cohen Foundation

Analysis

The Manny Cohen Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in January 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Manny Cohen Foundation reported income of £640k and spending of £782k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2024 to April 2025, income fell from £13.0m to £640k (-95%), an average of -95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 8.6% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Manny Cohen Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind (£640k), Dravet Syndrome UK (£640k) and River Holme Connections (£640k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 76% and donations and legacies 24%. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 18%.