Old Cottesmorian Educational Trust

Analysis

Old Cottesmorian Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Old Cottesmorian Educational Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £16k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £13k to £10k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Old Cottesmorian Educational Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 30th Loughton Scout Group (St John the Baptist) (£10k), Owen Lloyd's Educational Foundation (£10k) and Friends of Bramcote C of E PTA (£10k).

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.