The Holbeche Corfield Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Holbeche Corfield Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in June 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Holbeche Corfield Charitable Settlement reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £14k (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Holbeche Corfield Charitable Settlement 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 Haji Ahmed Welfare Trust (£14k), Soora Association (£14k) and Parasol Charity (£14k).

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.