Helston Downsland Charity

Analysis

Helston Downsland Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Helston Downsland Charity reported income of £32k and spending of £35k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £32k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Helston Downsland Charity sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 3rd Ware Scout Group (£31k), The Provincial Grand Lodge of Bedfordshire Charity Fund (£32k) and 53rd Leicester (Birstall St James) Scout Group (£31k).

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.