The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Registered charity 272895 Registered since 1977
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- David Stuart Spencer Hawkins Chair
- Danny Sallows
- Felicity Davies since 2025
- Peter Magnay
- Pamela Helen Louise Mallen since 2021
3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Felicity Davies since 2025
- Pamela Helen Louise Mallen since 2021
Portfolio (3)
1
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4Disability 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3Amateur Sport 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.
Arts and leisure 1
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.
incomespending£954k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
0
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- 1066 Specials 1 shared trustee
- Dicker Cricket Club 1 shared trustee
- Gateshead Relief-in-Sickness Fund 1 shared trustee
- Women's Cancer Detection Society 1 shared trustee
- The Charles Hawkins Fund 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Last Chance Animal Rescue Home Similar size; both Animals
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.catherinecookson.com |
| bexhill@gmpaccountants.co.uk | |
| Phone | 01424210530 |
| Address | Gibbons Mannington & Phipps Llp, 20-22 Eversley Road, BEXHILL-ON-SEA, East Sussex, TN40 1HE |
Finances
£954,364 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,004,362 | £1,276,771 |
| 2022 | £1,036,418 | £970,722 |
| 2023 | £1,085,784 | £859,606 |
| 2024 | £1,020,501 | £1,197,789 |
| 2025 | £954,364 | £1,154,409 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
(A) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY (B) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (C) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION (D) FOR ANY PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 10TH JANUARY 1977
Trustees (5)
5trustees
58median age
0aged 70+
- David Stuart Spencer Hawkins Chair
- Danny Sallows
- Felicity Davies since 2025
- Peter Magnay
- Pamela Helen Louise Mallen since 2021
Connected charities (5)
- Dicker Cricket Club 1 shared trustee
- The Charles Hawkins Fund 1 shared trustee
- Gateshead Relief-in-Sickness Fund 1 shared trustee
- Women's Cancer Detection Society 1 shared trustee
- 1066 Specials 1 shared trustee
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