Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

COWLEY CHILD CONTACT CENTRE 

Provision of facilities for chidren to have contact with non-residential parents or other family members
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/05/23£8£6£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/22*£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/21£6£2£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£5£2£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/19*£2£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/18*£9£5£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16*£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15*£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£2£6£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13*£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£4£7£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10*£3£6£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08*£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07*£10£5£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06?£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04*£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

cowleychild@gmail.com

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/11/1998, number: 1072373
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR19: 3 days late, AR18: 125 days late, AR16: 191 days late, AR15: 214 days late, AR13: 85 days late, AR10: 319 days late, AR08: 33 days late, AR07: 12 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Main office

CARE OF 59 DERWENT AVENUE
HEADINGTON
OXFORD
OX3 0AS

Objectives

TO RELIEVE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAK-UP OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD AND ITS SUBURBS TO MEET ONE OR BOTH PARENTS AND/OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN A COMFORTABLE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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