The Denise Cohen Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Denise Cohen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1978, 48 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, The Denise Cohen Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £120k, spending 484% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £25k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 378% 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, The Denise Cohen Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polruan Women's Institute (£25k), The Werrington Village Hall (£25k) and Hypercharged Foundation (£25k).

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.