The Cunmont Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Cunmont Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Cunmont Charitable Trust reported income of £2.4m and spending of £120k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £76k to £2.4m (+3067%), an average of +137% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2879%. Over the whole period it spent 7.5% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Cunmont Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tevini Limited (£2.4m), The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (£2.4m) and The Brindle Foundation (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and investments 7.9%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £100k. Reserves of £9.6m would cover about 831 months of spending at that rate.