Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
The CO-Operative College
- 9 trustees
- Income £265k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barbara Ann RainfordTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Robert JardineTrustee · since 2022
- Daniel John Mark DouglasTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Khadija AliTrustee · since 2026
- James William DayTrustee · since 2025
- Janet HenshawTrustee · since 2026
- John KirklandTrustee · since 2026
- Ruth Teresa SacksTrustee · since 2026
- Simon ThomsonTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.co-op.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£265k£642k
- 2024£340k£688k
- 2023£414k£678k
Earlier years
- 2022£303k£676k
- 2021£463k£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF THE COLLEGE FOR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT.
Grants received
9 grants · £646,010 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Coop Foundation · £338,160 (3 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £307,850 (6 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Barbara Ann Rainford since 2023
- Christopher Robert Jardine since 2022
- Daniel John Mark Douglas since 2023
- Dr Khadija Ali since 2026
- James William Day since 2025
- Janet Henshaw since 2026
- John Kirkland since 2026
- Ruth Teresa Sacks since 2026
- Simon Thomson since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Barbara Ann Rainford since 2023
- Christopher Robert Jardine since 2022
- Daniel John Mark Douglas since 2023
- Dr Khadija Ali since 2026
- James William Day since 2025
- Janet Henshaw since 2026
- Ruth Teresa Sacks since 2026
- Simon Thomson since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- John Kirkland since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159105
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 06 NOV 2014AMENDED ON 16/12/2015AMENDED ON 28 JUN 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07529225118 · hello@co-op.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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