Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CORNWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
The CCF provides financial and non-financial support for community projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our focus is to develop ownership, responsibility and achievement regarding growth and development within local communities. We invest in leadership, actual and potential, in the people and projects that will make a difference in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 21 years

www.cornwallcommunityfoundation.com

office@cornwallfoundation.com

01566779333

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£3,280£2,866£414£105£13,123£5782.412150
31/12/21£3,126£2,803£323£84£10,582£5982.61090
31/12/20£3,012£1,964£1,048£15£8,869£4392.7890
31/12/19*£2,717£1,045£1,672£20£8,298£2512.9780
31/12/18£1,738£1,041£696£38£5,876£2432.8780
31/12/17£1,542£854£688£36£5,633£2393.470
31/12/16£1,218£871£348£21£4,670£216360
31/12/15£769£740£29£21£4,022£1782.960
31/12/14£1,969£944£1,025£19£4,024£1992.560
31/12/13£1,116£854£262£21£2,916£1361.950
31/12/12£838£662£176£7£2,460£1362.560
31/12/11£478£443£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£1,220£704£517£8£2,149£1582.760
31/12/09£1,137£723£414£18£1,566£380.670
31/12/08£1,208£713£495£11£1,139£1121.950
31/12/07£1,012£964£48£7£686£1251.640
31/12/06£893£648£244£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£687£593£94£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£881£577£303£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 140.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 29.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 150 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Masonic Trust£2,000
Quartet Community Foundation£1,409
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cornwall Community Foundation
£409 18/05/2023
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 16/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cornwall Community Foundation
£446 29/04/2022
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/06/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cornwall Community Foundation
£554 26/05/2021
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/06/2020
Food 4 Heros Kernow
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 03/04/2020
Cornwall Coronavirus Emergency Appeal
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 07/03/2018
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2003, number: 1099977
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/07/2003, number: 04816191
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 8 days late, AR05: 21 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE KET CHARITABLE TRUST on 04/06/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE VISCOUNTESS BOYD CHARITABLE TRUST on 08/02/2021
Main office

Suite 1
Sheers Barton Barns
Lawhitton
Launceston
PL15 9NJ

Objectives

3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS.3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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