COTSWOLD FRIENDS

Charity number: 1106748
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Cotswold Friends provides transport, carer respite and befriending services, and lunch clubs to elderly, disabled and isolated residents of the Cotswolds.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £427,754
Total expenditure: £404,492

Total income includes £139,266 from 17 government grant(s)

People

9 Trustee(s)

340 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 November 2004: Standard registration
  • 11 March 2022: Funds received from 1118964 NORTH COTSWOLDS DISABLED CLUB
  • 11 April 2023: Funds received from 1063286 STOW DISABILITY ASSOCIATION
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • COTSWOLD VOLUNTEERS NORTH (Previous name)
  • NORTH COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY HELP CENTRE (Previous name)
Company number:
05182191 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Bridget Salvage Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
Edward Robert Pimm Trustee 05 August 2024
None on record
Colin Dennis Trustee 13 June 2022
INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION SERVICE (IFIS PUBLISHING)
Received: On time
Dr Nigel Moor Trustee 04 April 2022
None on record
ASAD NOORANI Trustee 28 February 2021
KATE'S HOME NURSING
Received: On time
KATE'S HOME NURSING
Received: On time
THE FRIENDS OF ST PAUL'S CHURCH BROADWELL GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Received: On time
GARY MARTYN SELWYN Trustee 01 February 2021
BINGHAM LIBRARY TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
Diane Bell Trustee 03 December 2019
None on record
Christopher Ivan Ridgers Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record
Geoffrey Richard Benn Trustee 07 November 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £277.23k £360.25k £334.76k £349.77k £427.75k
Total expenditure £273.16k £317.40k £370.63k £373.62k £404.49k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £78.40k £101.00k £75.93k £78.48k £139.27k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 26 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 26 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 05 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 05 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 01 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 01 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 10 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 10 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/07/2004 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/09/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2013 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/10/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE COTSWOLDS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS; AND B) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR THE RECRUITMENT, GUIDANCE AND DEPLOYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
Cotswold Friends
Moreton Area Centre
High Street
MORETON-IN-MARSH
GL56 0AZ
Phone:
01608651415
Email:
info@cotswoldfriends.org
Website:

www.cotswoldfriends.org Open in new window