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COVENTRY CITY OF CULTURE TRUST

Registered charity 1165639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Coventry City of Culture Trust been set up to oversee Coventry's bid to be UK City of Culture in 2021 and, if that is successful, to run the year of City of Culture events in 2022 and 2023

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Latest income
£19.2m
Latest spending
£20.7m
Registered
2016

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£19.2m
Total spending
£20.7m
Cost of raising funds
£86k
Reserves (reported)
£3.9m
Employees
108

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024——
31/03/2023——
31/03/2022£19.2m£20.7m
31/03/2021£9.1m£8.2m

Common questions

Who funds COVENTRY CITY OF CULTURE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY CITY OF CULTURE TRUST as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£250kArts Access and Participation Fund
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2022£10kCoventry UK City of Culture 2021 music programme
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kArts and Culture
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kArts and Culture

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2021£1.3mLove Coventry
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2020£400k21 Streets of Culture
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/09/2019£3.0m"Coventry UK City of Culture 2021"
UK government01/04/2019£10kJoint Cultural Needs Assessment
UK government17/08/2018£500kCoventry City of Culture
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/03/2017£745k"GREAT PLACE SCHEME: Coventry - Place, heritage and diversity in a modern UK city"