The Cornerstone Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cornerstone Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Cornerstone Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £27k, spending 223% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,260 to £12k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Cornerstone Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mozidia Trust UK (£12k), The Nathan Massey Foundation (£12k) and Blakeney and District Recreation Centre (£12k).