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.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CROFT WARD OF BLYTH VALLEY DISTRICTOF NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUTDISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THELOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TOADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFAREFOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) ESTABLISH AND SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE ("THE CENTRE")AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORYAUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIESPROMOTED BY THE COMPANY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THEABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06293107

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.

• SPARK, Debra Maria — director, appointed 10/03/2026not on trustee list
• MOHAMMAD, Aziz Sha — director, appointed 23/05/2024not on trustee list
• FRAKE, Steven Ronald — director, appointed 07/02/2019on trustee list
• KASHIF, Rubina — director, appointed 01/02/2018on trustee list
• BURT, Foster — director, appointed 26/06/2007on trustee list
• FRAKE, Steven Ronald — secretary, appointed 03/08/2023

Official officers record.

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

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Side by side with its peers

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