COWPEN QUAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1131449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO DELIVER AND DEVELOP SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FOCUS TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND PUBLIC ALIKE.

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Latest income

£209k

Latest spending

£195k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £115,745, which exceeds the stated policy target of £95,000–£100,000. The charity was exempt from audit under the small companies' regime and received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £95-£100k within unrestricted funding (held: £116k)

“provision should be made for the establishment of reserves £95-£100k within unrestricted funding.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

FOSTER BURTchair
Aziz Sha Mohammed
RUBINA KASHIF
Steven Ronald Frake

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£209k	£195k
30/09/2024	£215k	£187k
30/09/2023	£178k	£160k
30/09/2022	£234k	£228k
30/09/2021	£222k	£227k

Common questions

Is COWPEN QUAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £115,745, which exceeds the stated policy target of £95,000–£100,000. The charity was exempt from audit under the small companies' regime and received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COWPEN QUAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COWPEN QUAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE SHEARS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£95k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	Patron's Fund award
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	01/04/2026	£8k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	05/02/2026	£5k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	22/01/2026	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	03/07/2025	£4k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	29/05/2025	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	27/03/2025	£7k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	27/03/2025	£10k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	13/02/2025	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	23/01/2025	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	15/08/2024	£5k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	02/04/2024	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/12/2023	£20k	Buffalo Youth Projects
Community Foundation North East	26/01/2023	£1k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	12/01/2023	£7k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	25/08/2022	£500	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	11/08/2022	£10k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	30/06/2022	£3k	Grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	31/03/2022	£2k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	17/03/2022	£4k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	17/02/2022	£3k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	03/02/2022	£1k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	27/01/2022	£7k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	18/11/2021	£5k	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	16/09/2021	£500	A grant to Cowpen Quay Community Association
Community Foundation North East	15/10/2018	£500	High Sheriff of Northumberland Award