COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 309650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide education for boys and girls.

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Latest income
£13.4m
Latest spending
£12.9m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £454,811 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total reserves standing at £9,599,067. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves were £1,370,674, which the Governors consider desirable to cover operational risks. The charity maintains a bank loan facility of £2.1m, with £1,489,462 drawn down, and confirms adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Cokethorpe Enterprises Limited
“The charity owns the whole of the issued ordinary shares of Cokethorpe Enterprises Limited, a company registered in England & Wales, no. 45511282.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£13.4m
Total spending
£12.9m
Cost of raising funds
£254k
Reserves (reported)
£13.7m
Employees
231

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£13.4m£12.9m
31/08/2024£14.2m£13.4m
31/08/2023£13.2m£12.7m
31/08/2022£12.6m£12.0m
31/08/2021£11.9m£11.5m

Common questions

Is COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £454,811 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total reserves standing at £9,599,067. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves were £1,370,674, which the Governors consider desirable to cover operational risks. The charity maintains a bank loan facility of £2.1m, with £1,489,462 drawn down, and confirms adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£13.4m——above—no doubt
COPTHORNE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, COPTHORNE FY2025£167k—0above—noted
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£235.7m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£7.2m——below—no doubt

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