Cocoon Support Ltd

Analysis

Cocoon Support Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02057706). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cocoon Support Ltd reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £3.6m (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cocoon Support Ltd sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services (£3.6m), Butterwick Limited (£3.6m) and Indus Health Network UK (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 8.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £126k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.