THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1112703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant Making financial support for Charitable good causes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£165k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £8,554,996 to £7,077,726 due to a net expenditure of £1,477,270, driven by grant making of £1,258,768 and investment management costs of £40,655 against investment income of £164,515. The trustees note that grants are paid from both income and capital reserves, and the charity maintains a policy of not retaining capital reserves as long as ongoing financial viability is not at risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £7.1m; policy: not to retain the capital reserves at the present level... as long as it does not put the ongoing financial viability of the Charity at risk)

“The Trustees have decided for the time being not to retain the capital reserves at the present level. The Trustees will continue to do so as long as it does not put the ongoing financial viability of the Charity at risk.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hollis and Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

BARBARA JEAN WARD
RACHEL ELIZABETH CORNISH
SALLY ANN CORNISH

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Brazil · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Egypt · Eswatini · Ethiopia · France · Ghana

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£165k	£1.3m
05/04/2024	£197k	£698k
05/04/2023	£212k	£1.1m
05/04/2022	£179k	£692k
05/04/2021	£171k	£1.4m

Common questions

Is THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £8,554,996 to £7,077,726 due to a net expenditure of £1,477,270, driven by grant making of £1,258,768 and investment management costs of £40,655 against investment income of £164,515. The trustees note that grants are paid from both income and capital reserves, and the charity maintains a policy of not retaining capital reserves as long as ongoing financial viability is not at risk. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hollis and Co Limited.

Who funds THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS UK, UNSEEN (UK), HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS UK	FY2025	£15k	Promoting a dignified life for women migrant domestic workers and their children in Lebanon
UNSEEN (UK)	FY2025	£10k	General
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	FY2023	£3k	International Development

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

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

THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION income £170k
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST income £205k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION income £161k
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION income £235k
CAM ESTATES income £210k
THE PURI FOUNDATION income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	£165k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£205k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION FY2025	£161k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025	£235k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
CAM ESTATES FY2025	£210k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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