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Cowpen Quay Community Association

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £209k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 5 more
Where
Northumberland
Website
www.buffalocommunitycentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cowpen Quay Community Association
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£209k£195k
  • 2024£215k£187k
  • 2023£178k£160k
Earlier years
  • 2022£234k£228k
  • 2021£222k£227k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CROFT WARD OF BLYTH VALLEY DISTRICTOF NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUTDISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THELOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TOADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFAREFOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) ESTABLISH AND SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE ("THE CENTRE")AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORYAUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIESPROMOTED BY THE COMPANY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THEABOVE OBJECTS.

Grants received

56 grants · £752,431 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

5.7y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 4Tech and media 2Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£209k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1131449
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JUNE 2007
Companies House
Company number 06293107 · Active
Contact on the register
01670363858 · mb.jb_19@yahoo.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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