Cornerstone Evangelical Church

Analysis

Cornerstone Evangelical Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06805205). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cornerstone Evangelical Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £966k to £1.2m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cornerstone Evangelical Church sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Active Gloucestershire (£1.2m), The Melow Charitable Trust (£1.2m) and Windsor & Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 2.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £251k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 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.