Henry Cowton

Analysis

Henry Cowton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridlington. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Henry Cowton reported income of £117k and spending of £228k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £94k to £117k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Henry Cowton sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Refuge Foursquare Church (£117k), Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks) (£117k) and Fusion Scape Limited (£117k).

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.