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Registered charity · Bristol

The Cote Charity

The Cote Charity is a registered charity (number 257237) based in Bristol, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £3.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £3.3m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: SMV Trustee Company Limited.

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

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.cotecharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.3m£2.7m
  • 2024£3.1m£2.5m
  • 2023£2.7m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£2.2m
  • 2021£1.7m£2.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROVIDE A RESIDENTIAL HOME OR HOMES OR A COMBINATION OR COMBINATIONS OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME AND A NURSING HOME FOR ELDERLY PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE WHO THROUGH INFIRMITY OR FINANCIAL NEED ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR THEMSELVES. (B) TO PAY PENSIONS ANNUITIES OR GRANTS TO ELDERLY PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE (WHETHER OR NOT RESIDENTS OF THE HOMES) WHO THROUGH INFIRMITY OR FINANCIAL NEED ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECCESSITIES OR COMFORTS OF LIFE. (C) GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Board analysis

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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£3.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.5 in 2020

57 from 52 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
257237
Status
Registered
Governing document
SETTLEMENT DATED 8TH OCTOBER 1968 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2008.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 03 JAN 2017
Contact on the register
01179738058 · enquiries@merchantventurers.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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