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.

Objects

CORNERGATE FOUNDATION EXISTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE IN NEED, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRISON (OR WHO HAVE A CRIMINAL CONVICTION) OR WHO SUFFER, OR HAVE SUFFERED ADDICTIONS OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, ILLNESS OR OTHER HARDSHIPS, BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, ADVOCACY, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION OR OPEN SPACE, WHETHER SUPPORTED OR OTHERWISE.SUCH SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, THINK FIT.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 8

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

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £12,126 — grants £12,126 (1); 28% of the £43,319 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £3,683 — contracts £3,683 (1); 19% of the £19,365 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Eamonn O'Reillychair
Christopher Charles James
David Long
Helen Mary Isabel Fellows
Sandy George

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2022	£5k	The Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY	FY2022	£2k
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH	FY2023	£1k	Work with prisoners and ex-offenders
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH	FY2024	£1k	Relief of needs and hardships
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH	FY2025	£1k	Relief of needs and hardships

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/02/2025	£20k	STEP2 - mentoring support for offenders after prison.

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
LOCAL TRUST	1	£187k
THE EVELYN TRUST	1	£50k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£20k
JEWISH CHILD'S DAY	1	£15k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£15k
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NO GOING BACK FOUNDATION.

NO GOING BACK FOUNDATION income £381k
THE CORNERCROFT FOUNDATION LTD income £375k
CORNERSTONE CARE IN CONFIDENCE income £119k
TURNING CORNERS income £83k
CORNERSTONE SUPPORTED HOUSING AND COUNSELLING LTD income £963k
BEGINNING AGAIN income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORNERGATE FOUNDATION	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt
NO GOING BACK FOUNDATION FY2025	£381k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORNERCROFT FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£375k	—	above	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE CARE IN CONFIDENCE FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	noted
TURNING CORNERS FY2025	£83k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE SUPPORTED HOUSING AND COUNSELLING LTD FY2026	£963k	—	within	—	no doubt

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