CROW - COVENTRY RECYCLING OF WASTE
Registered charity 1028076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C R O W, CROW RECYCLING
The support and provision for work experience and in house training for adults and young people with disabilities and /or learning difficulties within a community recycling centre. The beneficiaries are placed at CROW by Social Services and other statutory and voluntary agencies in the Coventry/Warwickshire area.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity is increasingly reliant on donations and grants to meet working capital requirements, with no firm commitment of funding from significant donors. Despite this dependency, the trustees believe the going concern basis is appropriate as reserves met the policy target and discussions with organizations for working capital proved successful.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6-12 months of expenditure (held: £215k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be 6-12 months of the expenditure. This target has again been met, with the net reserves proving sufficient to cover approximately 7 month's expenditure of the charity at the end of 2025.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Lottery’s Awards for All — “Both the cookery and the horticulture are funded by the National Lottery’s Awards for All.” (source page)
- National Lottery — “The visit was funded by an Awards for All National Lottery grant - a big thank you to the National Lottery ticket buyers who helped make it …” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MCDERMOTT, Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
- BELLAMY, Andrew John — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
- BAILEY, Paul Keith — director, appointed 11/10/2021on trustee list
- COLEMAN, John Edward, Dr — director, appointed 17/02/2009not on trustee list
- SMITH, William Frank — director, appointed 26/01/1994on trustee list
Official officers record.
- Andrew Bellamy
- Elizabeth Mcdermott
- JOHN EDWARD COLEMAN BSC, PHD
- Paul Keith Bailey
- WILLIAM SMITH
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CROW - COVENTRY RECYCLING OF WASTE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is increasingly reliant on donations and grants to meet working capital requirements, with no firm commitment of funding from significant donors. Despite this dependency, the trustees believe the going concern basis is appropriate as reserves met the policy target and discussions with organizations for working capital proved successful. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CROW - COVENTRY RECYCLING OF WASTE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CROW - COVENTRY RECYCLING OF WASTE as a grant recipient include LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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