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THE COACHMAKERS AND COACH HARNESS MAKERS CHARITABLE TRUST 1977

Registered charity 286521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants and bursaries to individuals in aid of technical education connected to industries in the automotive, aerospace and coachmaking sectors. It also supports charitable institutions and voluntary bodies and members of the UK armed services .The charity raises charitable funds mainly from its members but also raises funds from the general public from time to time.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£164k
Latest spending
£222k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,940,164, which is below the previous year's figure of £1,989,019. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £57,834 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, although investment gains helped mitigate the overall fund movement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.9m; policy: sufficient income from investments in order to meet its administrative costs and meet appropriate applications for grants)
“Free reserves at the year end, represented by unrestricted funds, stood at £1,940,164 (2024 - £1,989,019).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£164k£222k
31/08/2024£122k£231k
31/08/2023£152k£228k
31/08/2022£255k£231k
31/08/2021£61k£387k

Common questions

Is THE COACHMAKERS AND COACH HARNESS MAKERS CHARITABLE TRUST 1977 financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,940,164, which is below the previous year's figure of £1,989,019. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £57,834 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, although investment gains helped mitigate the overall fund movement. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£71k
MILLENNIUM POINT TRUST1£39k
SSP FOUNDATION1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STARTERMOTOR LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COACHMAKERS AND COACH HARNESS MAKERS CHARITABLE TRUST 1977£164k—0below—no doubt
STARTERMOTOR LIMITED FY2026£118k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025£703k—2below—no doubt
AIR LEAGUE TRUST FY2023£360k——unclear—no doubt
THE ARMIGER FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST OF THE COMPANY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS FY2025£156k—0above—no doubt

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