The Coopers' Company and Coborn Educational Foundation

Analysis

The Coopers' Company and Coborn Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Coopers' Company and Coborn Educational Foundation reported income of £753k and spending of £564k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £396k to £753k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Coopers' Company and Coborn Educational Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doorstep Library Network (£749k), The Brightside Trust (£753k) and Skills and Education Group Access (£749k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £342k. Reserves of £10.4m would cover about 216 months of spending at that rate.