OTRA COSA NETWORK

Registered charity 1133680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OTRA COSA

EDUCATION/TRAININGRELIEF OF POVERTYOVERSEAS AIDENVIRONMENT/CONSERVATION/HERITAGEECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYMENTWE ALSO PROVIDE HUMAN RESOURCES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN PERU AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGHLY MOTIVATED TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER CHARITABLE SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: PERU

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended 2024 with unrestricted reserves of £7,793, providing 2.1 months of cover against a policy target of 3 months. While the charity achieved a small net cash surplus, it recorded a net deficit on unrestricted funds, prompting trustees to implement cost savings to maintain sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 32.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“A Christmas fundraising dinner in the UK generated total income of £1,981, offset by £930 of fundraising costs giving a net surplus of £1,051” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £8k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“this gives us 2.1 months cover, against our General Reserves target of 3 months.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Peru · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£79k£76k
31/12/2023£81k£79k
31/12/2022£107k£105k
31/12/2021£54k£51k
31/12/2020£56k£46k

Common questions

Is OTRA COSA NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended 2024 with unrestricted reserves of £7,793, providing 2.1 months of cover against a policy target of 3 months. While the charity achieved a small net cash surplus, it recorded a net deficit on unrestricted funds, prompting trustees to implement cost savings to maintain sustainability.