Cornwall Mark Benevolent Association

Analysis

Cornwall Mark Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cornwall Mark Benevolent Association reported income of £14k and spending of £11k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £14k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 475% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cornwall Mark Benevolent Association sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Annie and Nellie Morton Charity (£14k), Long Eaton Masonic Benevolent Association (£14k) and Long Covid Sos (£14k).