Cooking Champions (number 1201150) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Cooking Champions do?
The relief of poverty in London and the surrounding area by providing food parcels, prepared meals and cookery teaching and support through a community kitchen for people in financial hardship
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Cooking Champions
Answers Cooking Champions gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 November 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Cooking Champions's highest-paid staff paid?
Cooking Champions's annual return for the year ending 30 November 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Cooking Champions as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Cooking Champions's annual return for the year ending 30 November 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
Cooking Champions CIC
Where it says it operates
Throughout London
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Cooking Champions registered for?
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Why is there no Clarity Score for Cooking Champions yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Cooking Champions.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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What should you check before donating to Cooking Champions?
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The register data used for this profile lists Cooking Champions as a registered charity (number 1201150) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Cooking Champions's charity number?
Cooking Champions's charity number is 1201150. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1201150?
Search 1201150 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Cooking Champions do?
The relief of poverty in London and the surrounding area by providing food parcels, prepared meals and cookery teaching and support through a community kitchen for people in financial hardship
Does Cooking Champions have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Cooking Champions. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Cooking Champions?
Cooking Champions's website listed in our register data is http://www.cookingchampions.uk/. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Cooking Champions's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Cooking Champions's annual return for the year ending 30 November 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Cooking Champions?
The register records Cooking Champions as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Cooking Champions's trustees paid?
Cooking Champions's annual return for the year ending 30 November 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Cooking Champions previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Cooking Champions: Cooking Champions CIC.
When was Cooking Champions registered as a charity?
Cooking Champions was entered on the register on 25 November 2022.