THE COBDEN CENTRE

Registered charity 291371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £23,207 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £49,250. The trustees report that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months' expenditure to ensure continuity of activities. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material matters identified by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cobden Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel John Hannan
• Max Rangeley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE CALEDON TRUST income £3.3m
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• CROYDON MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £784k

Side by side with its peers

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