Stephen Cockburn Charitable Trust

Analysis

Stephen Cockburn Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Stephen Cockburn Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £16k to £15k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 228% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Stephen Cockburn Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Filey Elderly Persons All Day Club (£15k), Llanbradach Community Centre Management Committee (£15k) and Friends of Frensham Churches (£15k).