Oliver Cookson Foundation Trustee Report for the Charity Commission to year end 31.03.2024
Your charity’s name, registration number, address and trustee name
Oliver Cookson Foundation (OCF)
Registered Charity Number 1201102.
Registered address One London Road, Alderley Edge, SK9 7JU.
Trustees Oliver Cookson and Joanna Mulhern.
OCF is a CIO fully funded by Oliver Cookson.
There are two trustees, Oliver and Joanna Mulhern. Further trustees will be recruited as the charity expands, and will be recruited in line with the needs of the charity.
The charity is managed by CEO Emily Harrison.
The charity currently does not have a bank account, all of the costs of the charity are paid by the founder.
The objects of the CIO are
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To preserve and protect good health for the public benefit by advancing education in first aid and other life saving skills and by making grants for the delivery of emergency first aid and other life saving skills, to individuals and communities for whom cost or accessibility is a barrier to learning these skills, throughout the U.K., or internationally, as the Trustees see fit;
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To advance education for the public benefit by advancing individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding of first aid skills, entrepreneurship and personal development to individuals and communities for whom cost or accessibility is a barrier to learning these skills, such as access to business coaching, mentoring, employment skills and opportunities which the Trustees see fit to support, through grants or donations, to organisations that are in alignment with its charitable aims and values.
Our activities are focused on delivering first aid training to communities. A separate Limited Company by Guarantee OCF LSS LIMITED (14277535) has been established to deliver
accredited training that will generate additional income to support the delivery of free training in communities.
All employees are employed by the Limited Company and activities are fully funded by Oliver Cookson. All funds have been accounted for through our Limited Company, which was submitted to Companies House.
Achievements and performance, including reporting on its public benefit
Since the registration of the charity on 22nd November 2022, we have worked with other charities, community groups and schools to deliver free first aid training, so participants can become life savers. As at 31.03.2024 we had trained 6,051 people to be life savers across Greater Manchester and the north west, including working with The King’s Trust (formerly The Prince’s Trust), Manchester City Council, Sure Start and a range of local charities and community organisations.
We also worked in partnership with British Heart Foundation, Resus Council and St John Ambulance on a research pilot to increase access to defibrillators and free first aid training.
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We do not publicly fundraise, and no grants have been applied for by the charity. All delivery costs for our charitable activities have been funded by Oliver Cookson, total investment from 11 November 2022 to 31 March 2024 is £254,539.
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No funds are held by a custodian trustee.