CORNWALL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE

Registered charity 1147929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCAS

An affordable community accountancy service for charities and community groups in Cornwall.We offer Independent Examinations, Payroll services, account management and training on all financial mattersBursaries are available. Please visit our website at www.Cornwallcas.org.uk for more information.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES, SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY DEVELOPING, PROMOTING, CO-ORDINATING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CORNWALL AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£61k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £180 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £9,599. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is below their stated policy target of three months' running costs (£15,322), indicating a need for further recovery work to increase financial buffers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The actual reserves of £9,599 (2024 £9,779) show that further recovery work to increase reserves is required.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The trustees feel that a reserve of 3 months running costs is appropriate to cover the needs of the organisation in the event of emergencies. Looking at the costs for 2024/5 this would be £15,322. The actual reserves of £9,599 (2024 £9,779) show that further recovery work to increase reserves is required.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Chris Dennis
Joanne Fisher

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£61k	£61k
31/01/2024	£52k	£53k
31/01/2023	£55k	£54k
31/01/2022	£48k	£53k
31/01/2021	£58k	£51k

Common questions

Is CORNWALL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £180 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £9,599. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is below their stated policy target of three months' running costs (£15,322), indicating a need for further recovery work to increase financial buffers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	31/03/2025	£5k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/07/2020	£13k	Cornwall Community Accountancy Service -Response to Coronavirus

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED	1	£23k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	1	£15k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	1	£6k
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST	1	£3k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS.

COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS income £680k
CORNWALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL CHARITY income £1.4m
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO income £478k
CORNWALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED income £4.9m
CORNWALL CRAFTS ASSOCIATION income £101k
C.A.B. CORNWALL income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORNWALL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE	£61k	—	0	below	—	noted
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS FY2025	£680k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNWALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025	£1.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO FY2025	£478k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNWALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED FY2025	£4.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
CORNWALL CRAFTS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£101k	£31,041	0	below	—	no doubt

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