THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION

Registered charity 1045921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£10.5m
Latest spending
£10.6m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £128,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the prior year, driven by increased staffing and strategic investments. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,833,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£2,600,000). The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cochrane Collaboration (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£10.5m
Total spending
£10.6m
Cost of raising funds
£204k
Reserves (reported)
£9.7m
Employees
89

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brazil · Canada · Chile · China · Colombia · Costa Rica · Croatia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£10.5m£10.6m
31/12/2023£9.7m£9.4m
31/12/2022£8.9m£7.9m
31/12/2021£7.7m£9.1m
31/12/2020£12.8m£9.0m

Common questions

Is THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £128,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the prior year, driven by increased staffing and strategic investments. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,833,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£2,600,000). The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

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