The Evan Cornish Foundation

Analysis

The Evan Cornish Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Evan Cornish Foundation reported income of £165k and spending of £1.3m, spending 790% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £171k to £165k (-4.1%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 559% 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 Evan Cornish Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mustard Seed (SW) (£164k), The Gower Society (£165k) and Chester Shah Jalal Jame Mosque & Islamic Centre (£164k).

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.