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CORNERGATE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNERGATE

Cornergate Foundation works with prisoners/ex-offenders helping them to rehabilitate and resettle after prison, refraining from crime. We work with people in addictions, mental health conditions and the lonely and isolated as these factors all overlap. Core work is in befriending/mentoring, addiction recovery, signposting to other agencies and advocacy. We work in Hertfordshire and surrounds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £39,879 against total expenditure of £28,253, resulting in a net surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £35,229, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Project Funding (50% of income)
“PROJECT FUNDING =0 19,822 - 19,822” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months expenditure (held: £35k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds - ie those which have not been designated for a specific use - should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£40k£28k
05/04/2024£43k£29k
05/04/2023£19k£21k
05/04/2022£20k£15k
05/04/2021£18k£13k

Common questions

Is CORNERGATE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £39,879 against total expenditure of £28,253, resulting in a net surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £35,229, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CORNERGATE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORNERGATE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£5kThe Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEYFY2022£2k
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCHFY2023£1kWork with prisoners and ex-offenders
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCHFY2024£1kRelief of needs and hardships
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCHFY2025£1kRelief of needs and hardships

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2025£20kSTEP2 - mentoring support for offenders after prison.