Coal Trade Benevolent Association

Analysis

Coal Trade Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Coal Trade Benevolent Association reported income of £442k and spending of £446k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £200k to £442k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 193% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Coal Trade Benevolent Association 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salford Foodbank (£442k), The Saunderson Foundation (£442k) and Waters Edge Arts Ltd (£441k).

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.