The Cordatius Trust

Analysis

The Cordatius Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cordatius Trust reported income of £87k and spending of £29k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £682k to £87k (-87%), an average of -87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 13% 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 Cordatius Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Minekte Foundation (£87k), Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (£87k) and The Thornton Foundation (£87k).