The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity

Analysis

The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity reported income of £35k and spending of £25k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £35k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and the Barnes Samaritan Charity sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newham Cricket Club (£35k), Candle of Hope International (£35k) and Spring Bank Community Association (£35k).