THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST

Registered charity 1053028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HFC MANAGEMENT LIMITED

The principal activity of the Charity during the year was the operation of the Hall For Cornwall for the presentation of a wide variety of arts, entertainment, educational and community events. The programme is designed to provide a powerful stimulus to help people of all ages and means to enjoy the arts and further their own creativity.

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Latest income
£10.5m
Latest spending
£10.3m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document excerpt consists solely of the Independent Auditor's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial performance, reserves, or operational health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hall For Cornwall (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£10.5m
Total spending
£10.3m
Cost of raising funds
£743k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
132

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£10.5m£10.3m
31/03/2024£9.7m£11.5m
31/03/2023£7.0m£8.2m
31/03/2022£8.9m£5.1m
31/03/2021£9.6m£912k

Common questions

Is THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document excerpt consists solely of the Independent Auditor's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial performance, reserves, or operational health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

Who funds THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£12k
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/07/2016£2.4m"Revealing City Hall (KickstartGIA2020)"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHELTENHAM TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST£10.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHELTENHAM TRUST FY2025£8.3m—0unclear—no doubt
COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt
ACTIVE LUTON FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE SEACHANGE TRUST FY2025£2.8m——unclear—no doubt

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