CARLISLE ONE WORLD CENTRE

Registered charity 1088693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C.O.W.C

The charity addresses global development issues. It seeks to: Raise awareness of the interconnection between local and international issues, and how our actions affect the world; Educate people of all ages about the issues facing Third World peoples; Support the deprived and Campaign for justice throughout the world through a programme of education, awareness-raising and practical activities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year with total unrestricted reserves of £2,675. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy target of four months of expenditure, which the current unrestricted reserves fall significantly below. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 months expenditure (held: £3k)
The trustees have agreed a Reserves Policy of 4 months expenditure. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35k£63k
31/03/2024£83k£69k
31/03/2023£73k£52k
31/03/2022£18k£26k
31/03/2021£32k£30k

Common questions

Is CARLISLE ONE WORLD CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year with total unrestricted reserves of £2,675. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy target of four months of expenditure, which the current unrestricted reserves fall significantly below. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CARLISLE ONE WORLD CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARLISLE ONE WORLD CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2006£5kExpansion of COWC to Accommodate Increased Membership & Activities
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2004£4kCarlisle Fairtrade City