Coward Endowment

Analysis

Coward Endowment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1965, 61 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 April 2025, Coward Endowment reported income of £15k and spending of £122k, spending 834% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £15k to £15k (-0.8%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 414% 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, Coward Endowment sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lapford Victory Hall (£15k), The Greater Manchester Police Male Voice Choir (£15k) and Coventry Street Pastors Initiative (£15k).

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.