OFFICIAL
Cosy Coats
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1[st] April 2025 to 31[st] March 2026.
Charity’s name – Cosy Coats
Registered Charity Number – 1202178
Charity’s principal address - 31 Sampson Avenue, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. ST14 5FG
Structure, governance and management
The Charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with a Constitution which was adopted on 28[th] February 2023. The Charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 3[rd] March 2023.
The following trustees manage the Charity and were appointed on 28[th] February 2023.
Mark Goodall – Chairman - appointed for four years.
Josephine Goodall – appointed for a further three years on 28[th] February 2026.
Graham Goodall – Treasurer – appointed for four years.
The Charity does not have any paid employees or own or lease any land or property. Its only assets are a card machine for taking donations by Debit Card and two publicity banners used for the Pop Up shop.
Summary of the objectives of the charity set out in its governing document
The object of Cosy Coats is the prevention and relief of poverty in England and Wales by providing free new warm and fashionable coats to impoverished children or to other organisations who are also working to relieve poverty.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the charity commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
The main activities were as follows:
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Marketing and communicating on social media to raise the profile of the charity to gain donations.
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Fundraising through sporting events.
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Making partnerships with other charities to gain funding donations and to work together in order to supply brand new, warm winter coats and shoes for Children.
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Engaging with schools and charities to identify children who need support and making donations accordingly so that children are bought a new, warm and fashionable coat.
Additional details of objectives and activities
We are grateful to Ian Chapman who introduced us to the Freemasons this year and enabled us to gain funding from two lodges and gain publicity. We are also grateful for Fraser Pithie who introduced us to the Friends of Henley.
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year.
This year we have achieved the following:
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8 runners completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon raising a substantial sum of money for the charity. The Birmingham Half Marathon was also run raising money for the charity.
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Partnered with ‘Wrap Up London’ and the ‘Elliot Foundation Academies Trust’ to supply 700 brand new warm coats and shoes to children across the United Kingdom.
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Extended our partnership with ‘Our Place’ in Sutton Coldfield who support vulnerable children.
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Extended our partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust, purchasing coats for vulnerable children.
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Continued relationships with various community groups who have given us access to provide children in their outreach with coats and shoes - these have included Barnados, Our Place Support, Family Gateway, Birmingham Children’s Trust and Home Start.
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Continued our social media presence particularly on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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In total, this year, we purchased 920 brand new warm and fashionable coats for children and 117 pairs of shoes.
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We would like to thank St James Lodge Freemasons, the Abingdon Chapter of the Freemans, CrossCountry Trains and Friends of Henley for their generous donations in 2025. We would also like to thank all the individuals who have contributed this year importantly our Half Marathon Runners who put in substantial time and effort into their training.
Financial Review
Cash at Bank at 31[st] March 2026 was £3,572.99 in unrestricted funds. The main financial risk to the Charity is a loss of funding from donations and sponsorship. However this risk is minimal because the Charity would not commit to any expenditure or grant unless there were adequate unrestricted funds available to cover the costs.
There are no funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others.
Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees - G. Goodall
Full name Graham Goodall
Position – Trustee and Treasurer.
Date – 12[th] April 2026
Cosy Coats
Registered Charity Number 1202178
Receipts and payments account from 1/4/2025 to 31/3/2026
| Receipts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Donations | £7,286.58 | |
| Sponsorship | £ 0.00 | |
| Total | £7,286.58 | |
| Payments | ||
| Grants | £14,084.69 | |
| Bank charges | £ 1.26 |
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| Marketing | £ 0.00 | |
| Administration | £ 0.00 | |
| Total | £14,085.95 | |
| Expenditure over Income- £6,799.37 | ||
| Cash at Bank | ||
| 1/4/2025 - Opening Balance | £10,372.36 |
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| 31/3/2026 - Closing Balance | £3,572.99 |
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| Expenditure | over Income- £6,799.37 |
Signed on behalf of the Trustees - G. Goodall (Graham Goodall) Date – 12[th] April 2026