COTSWOLD FRIENDS

Registered charity 1106748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTSWOLD VOLUNTEERS NORTH, NORTH COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY HELP CENTRE

Cotswold Friends provides transport, carer respite and befriending services, and lunch clubs to elderly, disabled and isolated residents of the Cotswolds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £129,760 at the end of the year, with the Trustees noting that these funds equate to 3 months of charity funding based on the 2025-26 budget. The Trustees aspire to hold 6 months of emergency reserve, indicating that current unrestricted reserves are below their stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cotswold Friends (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Julia Rausing Trust — “We are incredibly grateful to The Julia Rausing Trust for this generous commitment and for recognising the importance of accessible communit…” (source page)
• PF Charitable Trust — “Cotswold Friends has received a generous £3,000 grant from the PF Charitable Trust to help us continue supporting unpaid carers and their fa…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridget Salvage
• Christopher Ivan Ridgers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Dennis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diane Bell
• Dr Caroline Holland Bell
• Dr Nigel Moor
• GARY MARTYN SELWYN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoffrey Richard Benn

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS.

• FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS income £173k
• COTSWOLD COUNSELLING income £374k
• COTSWOLD LAKES TRUST income £582k
• FRIENDS OF FAIRFORD AND LECHLADE COMMUNITIES income £198k
• FRIENDS OF COTTERIDGE PARK income £171k
• FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY income £22.0m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.