The CO Research Trust

Registered charity 1110624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORGI TRUST, THE GAS SAFETY TRUST

The principal activity of the charity is to promote gas safety.The key objectives are to further improve gas/fossil fuel safety for the public and industry throughout the United Kingdom and to reduce the incidents of death and serious injury from carbon monoxide exposure.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £335,012 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £576,476, which equates to approximately 21 months of operating expenditure, falling slightly short of their stated policy target of 24 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• KANE — “We are delighted to have KANE as Joint Headline Supporter for the conference this year and thank them for their continued support.” (source page)
• Aico — “As Joint Headline Supporter, Aico , an Ei Company, is the European market leader in home life safety” (source page)
• Firehawk — “As Poster Zone Supporter, Firehawk manufactures CO alarms for UK homes and is committed to advancing carbon monoxide safety through research…” (source page)
• CORGI Services Ltd — “CORGI Services Ltd donates its profits to support the CO Research Trust.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~47.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 47.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Hutt
• Alan Young
• Andy Speake
• DR SUSAN BEWS
• Ian Radley
• John O'Grady
• Karen Gillespie · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL FLETCHER EVERALL
• Patricia Faulker
• Professor Andrew Shaw
• Professor Shirley Christine Price
• Roland Wessling

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GAS SAFE CHARITY.

• GAS SAFE CHARITY income £620k
• THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY income £350k
• THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m
• THE FIRE SERVICE RESEARCH AND TRAINING TRUST income £223k
• BRITISH GAS ENERGY TRUST income £15.8m
• THE RORY PECK TRUST income £751k

Side by side with its peers

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