John and Freda Coleman Charitable Trust

Analysis

John and Freda Coleman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, John and Freda Coleman Charitable Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £55k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £76k (+559%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 450%. Over the whole period it spent 288% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, John and Freda Coleman Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Barnabas Church of England Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£75k), CV Life (£76k) and The Norris Green Community Health Forum (£75k).