Common questions about The Hall for Cornwall Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Hall for Cornwall Trust a good charity? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Hall for Cornwall Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Hall for Cornwall Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1053028). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1053028&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Hall for Cornwall Trust's charity number? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust's charity number is 1053028. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Hall for Cornwall Trust's charity rating? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust scores 83 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Hall for Cornwall Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Hall for Cornwall Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Hall for Cornwall Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of The Hall for Cornwall Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Hall for Cornwall Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 7% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 8% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Hall for Cornwall Trust. The Hall for Cornwall Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Hall for Cornwall Trust receive? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust reported £11m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Hall for Cornwall Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-05). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Hall for Cornwall Trust based? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust's registered contact address is in Truro (TR1 2LL). It tells the regulator it operates in Cornwall, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The Hall for Cornwall Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Hall for Cornwall Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Hall for Cornwall Trust's money come from? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust reported £11m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £8.6m (82%), trading and fundraising events £1.3m (13%), other income £375k (4%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Hall for Cornwall Trust? +
The register records The Hall for Cornwall Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Hall for Cornwall Trust's trustees paid? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Hall for Cornwall Trust previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for The Hall for Cornwall Trust: Hfc Management Limited.
When was The Hall for Cornwall Trust registered as a charity? +
The Hall for Cornwall Trust was entered on the register on 16 February 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03101443).
How does CharityCompare score The Hall for Cornwall Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Hall for Cornwall Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Hall for Cornwall Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.