CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 266073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MINGE'S GIFT

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Latest income

£193k

Latest spending

£163k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a positive year with net income of £40,022 before investment gains of £349,619, resulting in total funds carried forward of £5,372,471. The trustees consider the balance in income funds adequate to meet their reserves policy, which targets holding free reserves equating to 12-24 months of operational expenditure. The charity maintains a risk register and reviews budgets and cash flow forecasts regularly to mitigate exposure to major risks.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cordwainers Charities (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£193k	£163k
31/07/2024	£209k	£173k
31/07/2023	£183k	£288k
31/07/2022	£212k	£123k
31/07/2021	£281k	£235k

Common questions

Is CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a positive year with net income of £40,022 before investment gains of £349,619, resulting in total funds carried forward of £5,372,471. The trustees consider the balance in income funds adequate to meet their reserves policy, which targets holding free reserves equating to 12-24 months of operational expenditure. The charity maintains a risk register and reviews budgets and cash flow forecasts regularly to mitigate exposure to major risks. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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 JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CASCIA TRUST.

THE CASCIA TRUST income £312k
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
SUSTAINABILITY FIRST income £381k
BNJC income £4.1m
1692 income £462k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUST	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CASCIA TRUST FY2024	£312k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY FIRST FY2025	£381k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BNJC FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1692 FY2025	£462k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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