ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 304258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation of village hall and playing fields for Aston and Cote

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ASTON BAMPTON, COTE AND SHIFFORD

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

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Registered contact address: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £50,332.44 to £45,243.55 during the year ended 31/03/2026. Per the receipts and payments account, total income was £28,068.52 against total payments of £30,129.01, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The balance sheet shows total assets of £48,271.95, comprising cash and investment accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/03/2024, 35 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£28k£30k
31/03/2025£29k£35k
31/03/2024£31k£23k
31/03/2023£32k£17k
31/03/2022£27k£41k

Common questions

Is ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £50,332.44 to £45,243.55 during the year ended 31/03/2026. Per the receipts and payments account, total income was £28,068.52 against total payments of £30,129.01, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The balance sheet shows total assets of £48,271.95, comprising cash and investment accounts.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2018£10kReplacement playground for Aston & Cote

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST£28k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNESIDE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£30k—0below—no doubt
THE STABLE TRUST FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LITTLE ASTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY STOREHOUSE FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF ASHTEAD TRUST FUND FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt

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