Cokethorpe Educational Trust Limited

Analysis

Cokethorpe Educational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witney. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00767293). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cokethorpe Educational Trust Limited reported income of £13.4m and spending of £12.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11.9m to £13.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cokethorpe Educational Trust Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's School Cambridge (£13.3m), Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (£13.4m) and Princeton Charitable Foundation Limited (£13.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 1.4% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £13.7m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 231 people.