Cornwall Arthritis Trust

Analysis

Cornwall Arthritis Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Cornwall Arthritis Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £42k, spending 223% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,499 to £19k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 214% 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 Arthritis Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Path To Prosper (£19k), 1st Ruckinge and Ham Street Scouts and Guides (£19k) and Leytonstone Muslim Community Centre (£19k).

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.