The Cotton Hall Foundation

Analysis

The Cotton Hall Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cotton Hall Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £24k to £20k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Cotton Hall Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sozein a Churches Ministry of Healing Trust (£20k), Ocean Baptist Church (£20k) and Village Hall Titley (£20k).

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.