Cornelly Development Trust

Analysis

Cornelly Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05505171). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cornelly Development Trust reported income of £211k and spending of £230k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £148k to £211k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cornelly Development Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chrysalis Youth Empowerment Network (£211k), Sedulo Foundation (£211k) and Liberty Church UK (£211k).

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.