Cobham Combined Charities

Analysis

Cobham Combined Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cobham Combined Charities reported income of £28k and spending of £20k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £28k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cobham Combined Charities sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Womanity Foundation (£28k), Art360 Foundation (£28k) and Heythrop Hunt Charitable Trust (£28k).