COTTAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1075646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association administers the Cottam Community Centre.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.(C) PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: COTTAM AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ( FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 2(A) OF THE CONSTITUTION)

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased from £67,211 to £68,313, driven by a significant reduction in charitable expenditure from £32,939 to £16,163. The charity maintains a cash balance of £69,208 and reports no material matters of concern in the independent examiner's report. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis and that no trustee remuneration was paid.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• TREVOR MICHAEL HARTchair
• ANNE CLUCAS
• Carolyn Gibson
• Christopher Smith
• Craig Neil Perrins
• Diane Graveson
• Judith Anne Parker
• Kevin Thomas
• Peter Greenwood

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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