The Cornwell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cornwell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Cornwell Charitable Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £64k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £149k to £38k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Cornwell Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salford Community Education Support Centre. (£38k), The NJF Family Charitable Trust (£38k) and Pip Parents Information Portal (£38k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.