THE COOKS CHARITY

Registered charity 297913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "THE COOKS" CHARITY

The advancement of the education and the general welfare of persons who are in any way associated with the catering trade and the support of any charitable purpose connected with the City of London

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CATERING TRADE. THE SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE CITY OF LONDON

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of unrestricted funds of £23,014, which was transferred to the Expendable Endowment Fund. Total net assets increased to £6,297,426, supported by investment income of £246,856 and donations of £27,506. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COMMODORE DAVID ANDREW HARRY MCGREGOR SMITH CBE
• Oliver HW Goodinge
• Paul Vivian Budd OBE
• Peter Andrew Philip Wright
• Simon John Fooks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COOKING CHAMPIONS.

• COOKING CHAMPIONS income £114k
• THE COOKE E-LEARNING FOUNDATION income £551k
• COOKE CHARITABLE TRUST income £57k
• CAN COOK income £1.5m
• THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £357k
• COOKING UP income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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