AGE CONCERN (COWPLAIN) (OPW) COMMITTEE

Registered charity 251915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN (COWPLAIN), BORROW DAY CENTRE

We were constituted in June 1981 with the principal object of providing services and facilities for the well being of the elderly in our catchment area; comprising Lunch Club (three days), keep fit, genealogy, ceramic painting, befriending service for the vulnerable elderly living in the Cowplain ward and its surrounds.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE COWPLAIN WARD AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

Area of benefit: COWPLAIN

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds stood at £408,770, representing a net income of £4,348 for the year. The charity reports a stable financial position with tangible fixed assets valued at £299,324 and minimal current liabilities of £3,940. Per the trustees' report, the centre remains popular with users and hall hirers, supporting its ongoing service delivery.

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.

• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Emanuel Hospital Charity — “Trusts and Foundations Emanuel Hospital Charity” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sandy Sanger
• Yvonne Bough

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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