COOPERS CHARITY CIO

Registered charity 1155094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Payments to selected charitable organisations, mainly within the City of London area. Continues to support grantees of the company and assists individuals who have been referred by welfare services within London. Support of the Coopers and Coborn School, their Educational Foundation and Strode's College. Makes payments to widows of the Company. Supports City of London charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£246k

Latest spending

£210k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £329,462, which the Trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining sufficient cash resources to cover at least six months' expenditure. The charity holds total net assets of £4,961,796, primarily in investments valued at £4,927,078, and reports a net income for the year of £117,951.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income

“The principal funding source of the CIO is the investments which have been inherited from the five former charities” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Administrative fee paid to The Worshipful Company of Coopers, the charity's parent body.

“Coopers Charity CIO incurred an administrative fee of £23,000 (2024: £21,000) from the The Worshipful Company of Coopers. The Coopers Charity CIO is the charitable arm of The Worshipful Company of Coopers.” — page 16

“Two of the Trustees were directors of Derby Land Building and Investment Co Ltd of which the CIO owns 48.56% of the equity shares. The directors! fees are donated to the CIO (see note 4).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation of directors' fees from Derby Land Building & Investment Co Ltd, an associated company where two trustees are directors.

“Coopers Charity CIO incurred an administrative fee of £23,000 (2024: £21,000) from the The Worshipful Company of Coopers. The Coopers Charity CIO is the charitable arm of The Worshipful Company of Coopers.” — page 16

“Two of the Trustees were directors of Derby Land Building and Investment Co Ltd of which the CIO owns 48.56% of the equity shares. The directors! fees are donated to the CIO (see note 4).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan John Roberts
Anthony Miller MBE
Camilla Szymanowska · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Philip Breiner
IAN DAVID LUDER CBE
Jason Paul Essenhigh
Julian Day
Piers Llewelyn Jones
Sushil Saluja

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

Operates in: Essex · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£246k	£210k
31/03/2024	£208k	£190k
31/03/2023	£193k	£269k
31/03/2022	£225k	£183k
31/03/2021	£207k	£179k

Common questions

Is COOPERS CHARITY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £329,462, which the Trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining sufficient cash resources to cover at least six months' expenditure. The charity holds total net assets of £4,961,796, primarily in investments valued at £4,927,078, and reports a net income for the year of £117,951. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COOPERS CHARITY CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COOPERS CHARITY CIO as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARMED FORCES EQUINE CHARITY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COOPERS' COMPANY AND COBORN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

THE COOPERS' COMPANY AND COBORN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £753k
THE CO-OPERATIVE COLLEGE income £265k
THE COOKS CHARITY income £274k
ALDRIDGE COOPER AND JORDAN'S ENDOWED SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £176k
FB COALES NO 4 (FAMILY)TRUST income £219k
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND income £125k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COOPERS CHARITY CIO	£246k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE COOPERS' COMPANY AND COBORN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£753k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CO-OPERATIVE COLLEGE FY2025	£265k	—	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
THE COOKS CHARITY FY2025	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDRIDGE COOPER AND JORDAN'S ENDOWED SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£176k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FB COALES NO 4 (FAMILY)TRUST FY2025	£219k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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