Registered charity · London
The Cooks Charity
- 5 trustees
- Income £274k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cooks.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£274k£251k
- 2024£278k£240k
- 2023£293k£237k
Earlier years
- 2022£306k£231k
- 2021£270k£299k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CATERING TRADE. THE SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE CITY OF LONDON
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Commodore David Andrew Harry Mcgregor Smith CBE since 2016
- Oliver HW Goodinge since 2013
- Paul Vivian Budd OBE since 2021
- Peter Andrew Philip Wright since 2015
- Simon John Fooks since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Commodore David Andrew Harry Mcgregor Smith CBE since 2016
- Oliver HW Goodinge since 2013
- Peter Andrew Philip Wright since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Commodore David Andrew Harry Mcgregor Smith CBE since 2016
- Oliver HW Goodinge since 2013
- Paul Vivian Budd OBE since 2021
- Peter Andrew Philip Wright since 2015
- Simon John Fooks since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 297913
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15TH OCTOBER 1987 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 15 DECEMBER 2006
- Contact on the register
- 07518 138883 · clerk@cookslivery.org.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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