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COWDRAY DWELLINGS TRUST

Registered charity 272807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING RENT FREE ACCOMMODATION TO BENEFIT PERSONS OF ADVANCED AGE INFIRMITY OR POVERTY WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN CERTAIN PARISHES IN WEST SUSSEX

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£625k
Latest spending
£649k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,887,690, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover management costs and grant levels. The charity reported a net outgoing resource movement of £29,896 for the year, driven by charitable grants and investment losses, but maintains that its future income stream is secure. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment properties (89% of income)
“Income from investment properties 557,049” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds for the level of grants paid and to cover the Charity's management and administration costs (held: £26.9m)
“It is the intention of the Trustees to sustain the unrestricted funds at a level which will provide sufficient funds for the level of grants paid and to cover the Charity's management and administration costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£625k
Total spending
£649k
Cost of raising funds
£612k
Reserves (reported)
£26.9m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (90% 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: 97.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£625k£649k
05/04/2024£559k£620k
05/04/2023£847k£531k
05/04/2022£561k£559k
05/04/2021£526k£531k

Common questions

Is COWDRAY DWELLINGS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,887,690, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover management costs and grant levels. The charity reported a net outgoing resource movement of £29,896 for the year, driven by charitable grants and investment losses, but maintains that its future income stream is secure. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

Who funds COWDRAY DWELLINGS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COWDRAY DWELLINGS TRUST as a grant recipient include BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUSTFY2023£300kCharitable objectives