Marjorie Coote Old Peoples Charity Fund

Analysis

Marjorie Coote Old Peoples Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worksop. It was registered in June 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Marjorie Coote Old Peoples Charity Fund reported income of £165k and spending of £198k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £121k to £165k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Marjorie Coote Old Peoples Charity Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coleview Community Centre (£165k), Bourne and District Round Table Charitable Trust (£166k) and MCS Foundation (£165k).

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.