THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 269183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S BENEVOLENT FUND

Making donations to charities appropriate to the Duke of Cornwall

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED OF RELIEF BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, AGE OR OTHER ADVERSITY (INCLUDING THE VICTIMS OF SHIP-WRECK). (B) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES, HOMES OF REST HOSPITALS AND CONVALESCENT HOMES. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING INCLUDING CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS WHOSE OBJECT IS THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE. (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS. (E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION. (F) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF LANDS AND BUILDINGS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST AND AS REGARDS LANDS OF ECOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND THE PROVISION PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION GENERALLY OF AMENITIES (INCLUDING RECREATIONAL AMENITIES) CALCULATED TO MAINTAIN OR PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENT BENEFICIAL TO TO THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £111,310 in the general fund for the year ended 30 June 2025, following administration expenses. However, total unrestricted funds remained robust at £6,889,759, supported by a designated investment fund of nearly £6.9 million. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SRG (AUDIT) LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katharine Mary Holborow DLchair
• Gillian Pipkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Geraint Richards MVO, OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROBERT IAN CURNOW
• WILLIAM ROBERT BAX

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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• DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £256k
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• DUNN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £58k
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• THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £123k
• THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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