COOKRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1188560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of facilities for and organisation of social activities for the residents of Cookridge and the local area.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COOKRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS OF COOKRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRE.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,212 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £90,995 to £84,783. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves remain in place to ensure the charity can operate for the foreseeable future and have identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate cover for day-to-day costs and provides for future major expenditure of an extraordinary nature (held: £85k)

“The Association pursues a policy which endeavors to maintain funds at a level that provides adequate cover for day-to-day costs and provides for future major expenditure of an extraordinary nature.” — page 4

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
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GILLIAN KATHLEEN TONES
Paula Sturdy
Richard Dewhurst

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£29k	£35k
31/08/2024	£41k	£27k
31/08/2023	£24k	£24k
31/08/2022	£29k	£23k
31/08/2021	£23k	£16k

Common questions

Is COOKRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,212 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £90,995 to £84,783. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves remain in place to ensure the charity can operate for the foreseeable future and have identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	1	£100

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERRIARD VILLAGE CHARITY.

HERRIARD VILLAGE CHARITY income £74k
GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £37k
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £143k
NEW WORTLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £573k
COWFOLD VILLAGE HALL income £33k
EFFINGHAM VILLAGE RECREATION TRUST income £216k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COOKRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERRIARD VILLAGE CHARITY FY2025	£74k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW WORTLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£573k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COWFOLD VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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