THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 264033 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£144k
Grants listed (FY2025)
110
Listed grants total
£233k
Accounts grants total
£231k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.colecharitabletrust.org.uk · www.colecharitabletrust.org.uk/apply · www.colecharitabletrust.org.uk/apply/eligibility on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Education/training (82 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (51 grantees)
  • Disability (49 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (45 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (44 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (43 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (27 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (22 grantees)
  • Accommodation/housing (17 grantees)
  • Recreation (17 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Birmingham City (44 grantees)
  • Kent (40 grantees)
  • Cambridgeshire (22 grantees)
  • Sandwell (17 grantees)
  • Walsall (17 grantees)
  • Solihull (16 grantees)
  • Dudley (16 grantees)
  • Coventry City (14 grantees)
  • Throughout England (11 grantees)
  • Wolverhampton (11 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Hope Projects (West Midlands) LtdFY2025£63kTrustee Request/Special Interest
CommunigrowFY2025£5kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Tropical Biology AssociationFY2025£3kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Big Brum Theatre in EducationFY2025£3kArts and Culture
Cambridge AidFY2025£3kCare and Social Welfare
Thanet Community Development TrustFY2025£3kCare and Social Welfare
Spitfire Advice and Support ServicesFY2025£3kCare and Social Welfare
Napier FriendsFY2025£3kCare and Social Welfare
Bright ShadowFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
ecobirminghamFY2025£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
St Anne's HostelFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
InUnityFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
The Red Hen ProjectFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
SHAPEFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Touchbase CareFY2025£2kDisability
Building 4 HopeFY2025£2kEducation and Training
Sew PositiveFY2025£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement ProjectFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
The Birmingham Boys' & Girls' UnionFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Wildlife Trust Birmingham & Black CountryFY2025£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Open Door Youth CounsellingFY2025£2kTrustee Request/Special Interest
The Worth Foundation LtdFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
WATCHFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
AbbeyPeopleFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Acacia Family SupportFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Ashford Mediation ServiceFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Bethel Heath and Healing NetworkFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
BIRCHFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Churches Together - RestoreFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Cambridge Re-UseFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Citizens Advise Bureau, PeterboroughFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Gilgal BirminghamFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Cambridge Film TrustFY2025£2kArts and Culture
Home-Start - Birmingham North WestFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Birmingham SouthFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Birmingham TamesideFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - CambridgeshireFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Child's VisionFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Over Day CentreFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Rising Sun Domestic Violence and Abuse ServiceFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Saathi HouseFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Saint Mark's Community HubFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Smethwick Church Action NetworkFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Music4WellbeingFY2025£2kArts and Culture
Curse Bereavement Care - Cambridge, Fenland & UttiFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
BUDSFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Mind Mid KentFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Sheppey MattersFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Samaritans BirminghamFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Better PathwaysFY2025£2kDisability
Westraven Community Café & Garden CentreFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Sudden ProductionsFY2025£2kArts and Culture
The Light HouseFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Tiny Tim's Children's CentreFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Carrs Lane Counselling Centre LtdFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
West Midlands Quaker Peace Education ProjectFY2025£2kChildren and Youth
Rage ArtsFY2025£2kArts and Culture
Maidstone Churches Winter ShelterFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
MHA Communities South&West BirminghamFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Ryders Green Methodist Day CentreFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
SamphireFY2025£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Home-Start - Royston & South CambridgeshireFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
The Dorothy Parkes CentreFY2025£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Cogwheel CounsellingFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
Coundon Care Seniors' ClubFY2025£2kCare and Social Welfare
New Ark Play AssociationFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
The Shelford and Stapleford Youth InitiativeFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Shine a Light Childhood SupportFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Happy Days Family GroupFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Street TeamsFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
ElayosFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Centre for Arts TherapiesFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Dream MakersFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Birmingham Care GroupFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Ashford and Tenterden UmbrellaFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Edward TrustFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Martineau GardensFY2025£1kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Stage 2 Youth Theatre CompanyFY2025£1kArts and Culture
BedazzleFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Beyond The HorizonFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Blue SmileFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Life and Soul Youth WorkFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Scout Group 1st Walsall WoodFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
The Nene Valley Care TrustFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
The Way Wolverhampton Youth ZoneFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
21togetherFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Canon Street Memorial Baptist ChurchFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Curse Bereavement Care - Sandwell & WalsallFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home from Hospital CareFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Narthex SparkhillFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Something in KentFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Support FuturesFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Swale Community Care ProjectFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Counselling CentreFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Lily Mae FoundationFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Recovery FoundationFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Trueman Enterprise Narrowboat TrustFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
West Midlands Anti Slavery NetworkFY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Disability Resource CentreFY2025£1kDisability
Special Olympics, City of BirminghamFY2025£1kDisability
Solihull Moors FoundationFY2025£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
St James ChurchFY2025£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
The Sheppey Hall TrustFY2025£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Yemeni Community AssociationFY2025£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Birmingham Children's Community VentureFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
The James Brindley FoundationFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
Emmaus (Dover)FY2025£1kCare and Social Welfare
St Mary's Eaton SoconFY2025£800Children and Youth
Bentley BeginningsFY2025£700Children and Youth
Girlguiding, 147th BirminghamFY2025£500Children and Youth
Hope Projects (West Midlands) LtdFY2024£60kArts and Culture
SampadFY2024£5kArts and Culture
CommunigrowFY2024£5kArts and Culture
Tropical Biology AssociationFY2024£3kArts and Culture
Entraide (Mutual Aid)FY2024£3kCare and Social Welfare
Thanet Community Development TrustFY2024£3kEducation and Training
BUDSFY2024£3kCare and Social Welfare
Head to ToeFY2024£3kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Churches Together - RestoreFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Medway Watersports Trust LtdFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
Acacia Family SupportFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
B:Music LtdFY2024£2kArts and Culture
Carrs Lane Counselling Centre LtdFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Cogwheel CounsellingFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Second Chance MedwayFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
The Lily Mae FoundationFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Birmingham TamesideFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Volunteer Centre - AshfordFY2024£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM)FY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Nourish Community FoodbankFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Romney Marsh Community HubFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Ryders Green Methodist Day CentreFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Samaritans BirminghamFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement ProjectFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
South Kent Community ChurchFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Spitfire Advice and Support ServicesFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Voluntary and Community Action East CambsFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
NetworkfourFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
Open Door CounsellingFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
HI KentFY2024£2kDisability
Fruit & Nut VillageFY2024£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Sandwell Asian Development AssociationFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
Cambridge Film TrustFY2024£2kArts and Culture
Young Lives FoundationFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
AdavuFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Dover Vineyard ChurchFY2024£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
The Dorothy Parkes CentreFY2024£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
All Saints Youth ProjectFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
Evergreen Care UKFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Evolve CounsellingFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Father Hudson's CareFY2024£2kCare and Social Welfare
Dandelion TimeFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Kingswood TrustFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Dream MakersFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Sudden ProductionsFY2024£1kArts and Culture
The Grub & Gab Club Inc Coventry Open ChristmasFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Opera CompanyFY2024£1kArts and Culture
Underground Lights Community TheatreFY2024£1kArts and Culture
Karis Neighbour SchemeFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - South West KentFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Home-Start - CambridgeshireFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Square Peg ActivitiesFY2024£1kDisability
Music@MailingFY2024£1kArts and Culture
Stretham Youth ClubFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
The Birmingham Boys' & Girls' UnionFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Rage ArtsFY2024£1kArts and Culture
West Midlands Quaker Peace Education ProjectFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Brogdale CollectionsFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Happy Days Family GroupFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Sew PositiveFY2024£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Landyke Countryside TrustFY2024£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Beyond The HorizonFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Cambridge Rare Disease NetworkFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Foreland Fields CharityFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Foundation for Conductive EducationFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Let Us PlayFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Meriden Adventure Playground AssociationFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Mind South KentFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Sandwell AdvocacyFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Sport 4 Life UKFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Street TeamsFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Tiny Tim's Children's CentreFY2024£1kChildren and Youth
Age UK AshfordFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Ashford and Tenterden UmbrellaFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Cambridge CyreniansFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
CARESCOFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services (DAVSS)FY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Dudley CrossroadsFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Birmingham SouthFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Royston & South CambridgeshireFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - WalsallFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Maidstone Churches Winter ShelterFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
MHA Communities South&West BirminghamFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Rising Sun Domestic Violence and Abuse ServiceFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Rubicon CaresFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Saint Mark's Community HubFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
SATEDAFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
St Anne's HostelFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Take OffFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Light HouseFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Red Hen ProjectFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Volunteer Centre - Canterbury&Hern BayFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Walsall Bangladeshi Progressive SocietyFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Wintercomfort for the HomelessFY2024£1kCare and Social Welfare
Chis Westwood CharityFY2024£1kDisability
Open Door Community FoundationFY2024£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Sandwell Parents for Disabled Children (SPDC)FY2024£1kDisability
Special Olympics, City of BirminghamFY2024£1kDisability
Thanet Disabled Riding CentreFY2024£1kDisability
Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource LtdFY2024£1kDisability
The Nene Valley Care TrustFY2024£1kEducation and Training
Bangladeshi Multipurpose CentreFY2024£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Bangladeshi Islamic AssociationFY2024£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Kent Enterprise TrustFY2024£1kEducation and Training
Kingstanding Regeneration TrustFY2024£1kEducation and Training
Westgate Youth ProjectFY2024£900Disability
Branching OutFY2024£750Disability
Stage 2 Youth Theatre CompanyFY2024£750Arts and Culture
Bentley BeginningsFY2024£700Children and Youth
Dudley and Netherton Methodist ChurchFY2024£550Care and Social Welfare
Disability in ActionFY2024£500Disability
Remap (Cambridge)FY2024£500Disability
Broadstairs Town TeamFY2024£500Personal and Community Empowerment
Cadbury Barn TrustFY2024£500Children and Youth
Cambridge Breastfeeding AllianceFY2024£500Care and Social Welfare
Hope Projects (West Midlands) LtdFY2023£57kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Cambridge Cycling CampaignFY2023£3kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Spitfire Advice and Support ServicesFY2023£3kCare and Social Welfare
BUDSFY2023£3kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Churches Together - RestoreFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Rowan Humberstone LtdFY2023£2kArts and Culture
Birmingham SettlementFY2023£2kPersonal and Community Empowerment
B:Music LtdFY2023£2kTrustee Request/Special Interest
Tiny Tim's Children's CentreFY2023£2kChildren and Youth
Home-Start - Birmingham SouthFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Big Brum Theatre in EducationFY2023£2kArts and Culture
Cogwheel CounsellingFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Icon TheatreFY2023£2kArts and Culture
Home-Start - Royston & South CambridgeshireFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Kairos WWTFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
New Leaf SupportFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement ProjectFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
St Germain's PCCFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
WeLoveCarersFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
Red2GreenFY2023£2kDisability
Walsall Society for the BlindFY2023£2kDisability
CommunigrowFY2023£2kEducation and Training
Illuminate CharityFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
The Light HouseFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Dandelion TimeFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
21togetherFY2023£1kDisability
Fruit & Nut VillageFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Solihull Action through AdvocacyFY2023£1kDisability
Centre33FY2023£1kChildren and Youth
The Way Wolverhampton Youth ZoneFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Sevenoaks LarderFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Sew PositiveFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Family Voice PeterboroughFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Street TeamsFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Birmingham Disability Resource CentreFY2023£1kDisability
The Women & Families Resource CentreFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Read EasyFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Saint Mark's Community HubFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Ryders Green Methodist Day CentreFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Newbigin Community TrustFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Scout Group, 1st St Peter in Thanet Sea ScoutsFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Shine a LightFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Inspire Schools Educational FoundationFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Sudden ProductionsFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Worth UnlimitedFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Baby UmbrellaFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
West Midlands Quaker Peace Education ProjectFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Kingstanding Regeneration TrustFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Rising Stars Young Peoples ServicesFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services (DAVSS)FY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Connections Bus ProjectFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Samaritans BirminghamFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
MHA Communities South&West BirminghamFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Birmingham Centre for Arts TherapiesFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Birmingham Opera CompanyFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough FoundationFY2023£1kArts and Culture
New International EncounterFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Rage ArtsFY2023£1kArts and Culture
The Choir with No NameFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Underground Lights Community TheatreFY2023£1kArts and Culture
Beyond The HorizonFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Blue SmileFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Cambridge Rare Disease NetworkFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Dream MakersFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Medway Watersports Trust LtdFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Our Community FoundationFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Sandwell Asian Development AssociationFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Sport 4 Life UKFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
The Birmingham Boys' & Girls' UnionFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
The Nene Valley Care TrustFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & the Black CountryFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
Acacia Family SupportFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
BIRCHFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Cambridge Cancer Help CentreFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Cambridge CyreniansFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Coventry Migrants Women's HousesFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Cruse Bereavement Care - Sandwell&WalsallFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Emmaus (Dover)FY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - Sittingbourne & SheppeyFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Home-Start - WalsallFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
House of MercyFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Ickleton Relief in Need CharitiesFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Kent Coast VolunteeringFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
New HeightsFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Counselling CentreFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
The County Bridge Community AssociationFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Lily Mae FoundationFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
The Recovery FoundationFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Wintercomfort for the HomelessFY2023£1kCare and Social Welfare
Alkham Valley Community ProjectFY2023£1kDisability
Coventry Resource Centre for the BlindFY2023£1kDisability
Foundation for Conductive EducationFY2023£1kDisability
Sensory PeopleFY2023£1kDisability
Abbey Physic Community GardenFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Broadstairs Town TeamFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Hand of HopeFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
Open Door Community FoundationFY2023£1kPersonal and Community Empowerment
St Anne's HostelFY2023£850Care and Social Welfare
Hall Green United Community ChurchFY2023£500Personal and Community Empowerment
Samaritans Brierly HillFY2023£500Care and Social Welfare
Girlguiding 72nd Birmingham Brownie and Guide UnitFY2023£400Children and Youth

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 232700 vs reference 231200 (0.6% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.