COWRAN CARE LTD

Registered charity 1157412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance in life and relieve needs of young people, and the needs of people who are experiencing long term unemployment or who are recovering from physical or mental illness by the provision of farm based activities designed to advance education and develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FARM BASED ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT OR WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS BY PROVIDING FARM BASED ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRECUMBRIA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £17,455, resulting in total funds decreasing from £22,798 to £5,343. The trustees note that the strategic shift to supporting NEET young people created short-term financial challenges, though they anticipate future strength from diverse funding sources. The charity continues to service a government-supported Bounce Bank Loan and maintains unrestricted reserves of -£984.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 29/04/2025 (received 05/04/2026, 36 days after the 28/02/2026 due date); year ending 29/04/2023 (received 10/04/2024, 41 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 29/04/2022 (received 19/03/2023, 19 days after the 28/02/2023 due date); year ending 29/04/2021 (received 03/04/2022, 34 days after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07222332 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SMITH, Alison Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list
• BROWN, Vanda June — director, appointed 31/03/2018on trustee list
• BREARLEY, Jayne — director, appointed 14/02/2018on trustee list
• DISS, Michael Geoffrey — director, appointed 01/01/2014not on trustee list
• DISS, Rachel Mary — director, appointed 13/04/2010not on trustee list
• DISS, Michael Geoffrey — secretary, appointed 03/01/2014

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RACHEL MARY DISS BSCchair
• Alison Elizabeth Smith
• Jayne Brearley
• MIKE DISS
• Vanda Brown

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WMVS CHILDREN IN CARE FOUNDATION.

• WMVS CHILDREN IN CARE FOUNDATION income £233k
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• LEARN N GROW income £143k
• CARE FOUNDATION income £28k
• CWMBRAN CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £648k
• ACORN COMMUNITY CARE income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

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