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THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 241598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The foundation is particularly active in supporting the arts, higher education, conservation and the environment.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£650k
Latest spending
£682k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net gain of £3,188,430 for the year, driven largely by unrealised gains on its investment property portfolio. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £254,325, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £90,000. The charity is not reliant on fundraising and maintains significant reserves to hedge against investment market volatility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Property rentals (97% of income)
“Rents receivable 632,109” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £90,000 (held: £254k)
“This target level of reserves is £90,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Jillian Barker is a Director of Royal Ballet & Opera which was in receipt of a grant in 2024, other related party transactions in the year are disclosed in note 9.
“Jillian Barker is a Director of Royal Ballet & Opera which was in receipt of a grant in 2024, other related party transactions in the year are disclosed in note 9.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dunkley’s Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£650k
Total spending
£682k
Cost of raising funds
£253k
Reserves (reported)
£13.6m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~239.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 38.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£650k£682k
31/03/2024£506k£793k
31/03/2023£551k£517k
31/03/2022£642k£700k
31/03/2021£630k£535k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net gain of £3,188,430 for the year, driven largely by unrealised gains on its investment property portfolio. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £254,325, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £90,000. The charity is not reliant on fundraising and maintains significant reserves to hedge against investment market volatility. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dunkley’s Chartered Accountants.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DAVID COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST 1982.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION£650k—0above—no doubt
THE DAVID COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST 1982 FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION FY2026£180k—0unclear—no doubt
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£135k—0above—no doubt
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt

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