THE SIR TOM COWIE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1096936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion for public benefit within the City of Sunderland and County Durham by means specified in the Governing Document.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£473k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of funds of £21,090 for the year, primarily due to charitable expenditure exceeding income, although this was offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £5,948,905, with unrestricted reserves of £64,791, and considers the financial position satisfactory with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£145k£473k
31/08/2024£118k£254k
31/08/2023£97k£257k
31/08/2022£104k£137k
31/08/2021£107k£248k

Common questions

Is THE SIR TOM COWIE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of funds of £21,090 for the year, primarily due to charitable expenditure exceeding income, although this was offset by significant investment gains. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £5,948,905, with unrestricted reserves of £64,791, and considers the financial position satisfactory with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kinnair Associates Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government—£7kRepair Grants for Heritage at Risk

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIR TOM COWIE CHARITABLE TRUST£145k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£565k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£608k—0unclear—no doubt
MUCKLOW CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£370k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.