The Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers Charitable Trust 1977

Analysis

The Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers Charitable Trust 1977 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochester. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers Charitable Trust 1977 reported income of £164k and spending of £222k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £61k to £164k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 172% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers Charitable Trust 1977 sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 The Brighton West Pier Trust (£164k), Landscape Research Group (£165k) and The River Stour Trust Limited (£164k).

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.