Camborne School of Mines Trust

Analysis

Camborne School of Mines Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Camborne School of Mines Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £203k, spending 1485% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4,410 to £14k (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 3053% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Camborne School of Mines Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Grange Parent Teacher Association (£14k), 3rd Ampthill and Woburn (Harlington) Scout Group (£14k) and Ellel St John's Church of England Primary School (£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.