KIELDER OBSERVATORY ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1153570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KOAS

Astronomy, and in particular public outreach in this area.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted deficit of £26,901 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £86,878. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of £150,000, and the trustees aim to rebuild reserves to the target level within two years.

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 — Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society (matched by registered charity number).

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 · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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 (65% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Sarah Hindlechair
• Aston Bowles
• Ben Rutherford-Orrock
• Cassian Harrison
• Charlotte Ann Laidlaw Emmett
• Dr Nigel Metcalfe
• Leon Fussell
• Paul Cooper
• Peter Collier Standfield
• Philip Hartley
• Selina So

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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