KOWETHAS AN YETH KERNEWEK

Registered charity 1195856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORNISH LANGUAGE FELLOWSHIP

Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek is an active publisher of materials in Cornish. Organises events to introduce the Cornish language to the public and raise funds. Publishes a monthly magazine in Cornish. Organises an annual residential weekend for all levels of learners from beginners to advanced. Attends public events throughout Cornwall to sell publications and promote the language.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CORNISH LANGUAGE THROUGH PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING ITS USE. THE KOWETHAS SHALL BE NON-PARTY POLITICAL.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net gain of £28,358 for the year ended 31 October 2024, with total income of £116,049 against expenses of £87,691. The trustees report holding unrestricted reserves of £79,232, which they state is sufficient to allow the CIO to operate for six months in case of a catastrophic loss of income. The charity also notes the closure of its Kowsva facility due to increased costs, shifting to a less expensive storage model.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Timothy Johnson
• PROF WILLIAM RODNEY SHEAFF
• Robin Cecilia McCarthy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN.

• YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN income £2.0m
• MERCHED Y WAWR income £288k
• MENTER IAITH CASNEWYDD income £111k
• CREATIVE KERNOW LIMITED income £2.4m
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• THE ROYAL CORNWALL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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