CORNWALL PRIDE

Registered charity 1191003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and support equality and diversity; advance education, elimination of discrimination andsupport mental health. On the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and romantic orientation. Forresidents of and visitors to Cornwall, (the area of benefit) and where relevant nationally & internationally insuch ways as are charitable at law.

Objects

OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; ADVANCE EDUCATION, ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH. ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND ROMANTIC ORIENTATION. FOR RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO CORNWALL, (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND WHERE RELEVANT NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW, BY: A) RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY AND ISSUES AND DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THE LIVES OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE;B) PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION, CASE DETERMINATIONS, CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;C) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC TO ELIMINATE ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND DISADVANTAGE SUFFERED BY REASONS OF BEING LGBTQ+, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS, SERVICES OR PRODUCING MATERIALS;D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE, INCLUSIVITY AND EQUALITY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY;E) CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE LGBTQ+ IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY THAT ARE WELCOMING TO ALL;F) SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY;G) RAISING AWARENESS OF LGBTQ+ LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY;H) PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, MEDIA, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION;I) RUNNING LGBTQ+ EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROMOTING AND STAGING AN ANNUAL LGBTQ+ FESTIVAL;J) TO SHOWCASE THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC TALENTS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLEK) ASSOCIATING WITH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES TO DEVELOP AND MAXIMISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS RUN BY AND FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE;L) MAKING GRANTS AND/OR DONATIONS TO OTHER CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENT IN FAVOUR OF LGBTQ+ EQUALITY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT; AND2) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT 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 · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£155k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £35,578.11 for the year, driven by unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient liquidity, holding £39,612 in free unrestricted reserves, which is below the stated policy target of £175,000.

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
“Our current free reserves of £39,612 are below the level set out in our reserves policy, which aims to build £175,000 of unrestricted reserves.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Richard Shepherd received £7,293.42 for web services through Curly Cottage Media.
“There was one trustees’ remuneration with no other benefits for the year ended 31st January 2025. £7293.42 – Richard Shepherd for web services and development through Curly Cottage Media” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Curly Cottage Media for web services by trustee Richard Shepherd
“There was one trustees’ remuneration with no other benefits for the year ended 31st January 2025. £7293.42 – Richard Shepherd for web services and development through Curly Cottage Media” — page 38
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.

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 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 110
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 132
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2023

  • Volunteers: 130
  • Government income: £18,675 — grants £18,675 (1); 9% of the £199,762 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£155k£191k
31/01/2024£238k£177k
31/01/2023£200k£158k
31/01/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is CORNWALL PRIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £35,578.11 for the year, driven by unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient liquidity, holding £39,612 in free unrestricted reserves, which is below the stated policy target of £175,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CORNWALL PRIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORNWALL PRIDE as a grant recipient include ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2025£5kDiversity, equity & inclusion

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2025£495kPride in Communities

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD PRIDE GROUP LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORNWALL PRIDE£155k—0below—no doubt
OXFORD PRIDE GROUP LTD FY2025£97k—0unclear—no doubt
TORBAY PRIDE FY2025£53k——unclear—no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT PRIDE FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL PRIDE FY2025£756k—0below—no doubt
EXETER PRIDE FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt

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