The Cockenzie Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cockenzie Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Cockenzie Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £24k, spending 234% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,712 to £10k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 292% 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 Cockenzie Charitable Trust sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sapphire Medical Foundation (£10k), The Village Hall, Barrow-On-Humber (£10k) and Headcorn Seniors Lunch Club (£10k).

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.