The Carnelian Trust

Analysis

The Carnelian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in March 2008, 18 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 Carnelian Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £84k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £131k to £84k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Carnelian Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Picturing Health (£84k), Barnet Multicultural Community Centre Limited (£84k) and W M Llewellin Trust (£84k).