THE BRENDA VERA COOPER CHARITABLE WILL TRUST

Registered charity 1174233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The terms of the Trust in summary consist of a permanent endowment trust for the following beneficiaries: British Red Cross, Macmillan Cancer Research, Oakhaven and Thorners.

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Latest income

£166k

Latest spending

£226k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £94,471 due to a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £10,462, as expenditure exceeded income. However, the charity holds significant endowment funds of £4,392,244, providing substantial overall net assets of £4,486,715.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a small contingency fund on account of unexpected expenses (held: £94k)

“The trustees arrange distributions of income to the four charities twice a year, retaining funds from the income for a small contingency fund on account of unexpected expenses.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

HELEN ELIZABETH BUNKER
JESSICA MARY WILTSHIRE · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Grant Treherne

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£166k	£226k
05/04/2024	£165k	£317k
05/04/2023	£157k	£101k
05/04/2022	£129k	£134k
05/04/2021	£123k	£173k

Common questions

Is THE BRENDA VERA COOPER CHARITABLE WILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £94,471 due to a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £10,462, as expenditure exceeded income. However, the charity holds significant endowment funds of £4,392,244, providing substantial overall net assets of £4,486,715. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE FOUNDATION TRUST.

THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE FOUNDATION TRUST income £259k
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST income £3.1m
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE CHARITY TRUST income £120k
THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST income £135k
KENNETH MAURICE WILLIAMS WILL TRUST income £339k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRENDA VERA COOPER CHARITABLE WILL TRUST	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST FY2025	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£120k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£135k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt

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