The Comino Foundation

Analysis

The Comino Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 1985, 41 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 organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Comino Foundation reported income of £92k and spending of £615k, spending 671% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £388k to £92k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 346% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Comino Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belton Pre-School CIO (£92k), St James Pre-School Woolton (£92k) and Bright Education and Cultural Association (£91k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.