Great Cornard Charities

Analysis

Great Cornard Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Great Cornard Charities reported income of £11k and spending of £26k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £11k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 210% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Great Cornard Charities sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wareham Disabled Club (£11k), Ilkley Foodbank (£11k) and Friends of St Brides Major School (£11k).

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.