Cooper Art Collection

Analysis

Cooper Art Collection is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Cooper Art Collection reported income of £41k and spending of £57k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £59k to £41k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 958%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cooper Art Collection sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heath End Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£41k), Fulham and Hammersmith Choral Society (£41k) and Warley Model Railway Club (£41k).