THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity acts as a grant maker making grants to support a range of charitable projects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£170k
Latest spending
£581k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,433,047, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months. Investment assets and cash under management totalled £7,120,351, providing a substantial asset base against outstanding grant commitments.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£170k£581k
31/12/2024£188k£1.1m
31/12/2023£185k£227k
31/12/2022£176k£223k
31/12/2021£148k£92k

Common questions

Is THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,433,047, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months. Investment assets and cash under management totalled £7,120,351, providing a substantial asset base against outstanding grant commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE TAIT MEMORIAL TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION£170k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CONRAN FOUNDATION FY2025£14.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE THORNTON FOUNDATION FY2026£87k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION FY2025£520k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CARMONA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£438k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEARN FOUNDATION FY2025£4.4m—0above—no doubt

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