THE CORNWELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1012467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making charity

Objects

SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net deficit of £18,155 for the year, driven by grants awarded exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves decreased to £25,855, while total net assets remained substantial at £1,248,302, largely held in expendable endowment funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£38k£64k
05/04/2024£44k£58k
05/04/2023£40k£55k
05/04/2022£32k£28k
05/04/2021£149k£140k

Common questions

Is THE CORNWELL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a net deficit of £18,155 for the year, driven by grants awarded exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves decreased to £25,855, while total net assets remained substantial at £1,248,302, largely held in expendable endowment funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with R. E. CHADWICK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CORNWELL CHARITABLE TRUST£38k—0unclear—no doubt
R. E. CHADWICK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOODENOUGH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CARPENTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£65k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£608k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.