THE COWSHED

Registered charity 1181550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the charity is to provide good quality cleaned and ironed clothes and other essential items such as bedding free of charge to anyone who is in need. The clothes are donated from the general public and retailers and then sorted, washed and ironed at our warehouse ready to be delivered /collected by social services, other health professionals or our clients.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £23,105 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £92,193 to £69,025. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces ongoing financial hardship and funding uncertainty, with sustainability depending on careful stewardship and community generosity. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains positive cash reserves of £15,128 and has no long-term debt.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cowshed (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KESTER RUSSELLchair
• Amie Pinder
• Anna Coules
• Avril Couper
• Lesley Feinberg
• Peter Harmston
• Sarah Bailey
• Sharon Ketley
• Steve Formoy

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAREWEAR CLOTHING SCHEME.

• SHAREWEAR CLOTHING SCHEME income £155k
• LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE CIO income £182k
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE income £163k
• THE STOREHOUSE income £404k
• CLOTHE ME - THANK YOU income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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