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The Cotton Tree Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £57k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 3 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.cottontreetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£57k£191k
  • 2023£26k£180k
  • 2022£34k£188k
Earlier years
  • 2021£25k£135k
  • 2020£29k£92k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

OBJECTS(1) IN THIS CLAUSE 'REFUGEES' MEANS PERSONS WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES SEEKING ASYLUM OR OTHER REFUGEE STATUS CONFERRING A LEGAL RIGHT TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THOSE GRANTED ASYLUM OR SUCH OTHER RIGHT TO REMAIN AND THE DEPENDANTS OF ANY OF THE ABOVE LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES.(2) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE (A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST REFUGEES IN PARTICULAR BY (I) THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, (II) PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THEM SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT TO LIFE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BE ACCEPTED BY THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND SUCH TRAINING AND EDUCATION MAY INCLUDE IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AND (III) DIRECTING REFUGEES TO OTHER SOURCES PROVIDING THE ADVICE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION REFERRED TO IN (I) AND (II) ABOVE.(B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES.(D) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR, ASSISTANCE WITH AND ADVICE ABOUT RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF REFUGEES WHO NEED SUCH FACILITIES, RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO DIRECT REFUGEES TO OTHER SOURCES PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE.

Grants received

2 grants · £19,200 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Disability 5Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Property 2Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£57k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1172069
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 22 OCT 2016
Contact on the register
02075030038 · info@cottontreetrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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