COWPLAIN ACTIVITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 284867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Short Mat Bowls, Badminton, Nursery, Gymnastics, Football, Sewing Classes, Karate, Kickboxing

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HARTPLAIN AND COWPLAIN WARDS OF THE HAVANT BOROUGH COUNCIL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTICTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST 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 TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,554 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £6,324. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is below the desired target of approximately £30,000, though the trustees remain confident in the charity's ability to meet financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• SANDRA MUGRIDGEchair
• Carol Moore
• Hazel Millsom
• JOHN POLLOCK
• Judith Cassell
• KENNETH MOON MALE
• MOIRA CLEVERLY

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLLINGWOOD CENTRE LIMITED.

• COLLINGWOOD CENTRE LIMITED income £228k
• PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £385k
• THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
• THE COBNOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE TRUST income £877k
• BOLDON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £575k
• THE CHELWOOD AND DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION (C A D W A ) income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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