Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service

Analysis

Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mattersey. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05663749). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £810k to £1.2m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Roof Leicester (£1.1m), Springfield Trust Limited (£1.2m) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.