The Cornelian Scholarship Fund

Analysis

The Cornelian Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mayfield. It was registered in September 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cornelian Scholarship Fund reported income of £33k and spending of £42k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £27k to £33k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Cornelian Scholarship Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mustard Seed Trust (Marlborough) (£33k), Fatherless Barn Evangelical Church (£33k) and Guy Harlings Estate (£33k).

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.