Cornwall Leukaemia Trust

Analysis

Cornwall Leukaemia Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cornwall Leukaemia Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £109k, spending 341% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £32k (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 240% 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 Leukaemia Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% 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 Whitewell Bottom Community Centre CIO (£32k), M.k. Rose Charitable Trust (£32k) and Middletown Village Hall (£32k).

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.