The Cumnor Foundation

Analysis

The Cumnor Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cumnor Foundation reported income of £137k and spending of £163k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £320k to £137k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Cumnor Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skipton Girls' High School Foundation (£137k), The Safety and Reliability Society (£137k) and Leaside Under Fives Kindergarten (£137k).

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.