CCEW Charity Commission profile

OBSERVATORY FOR CORNWALL

Registered charity 1083195 · organisation 3967020

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
6 November 2000
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
04024942
Financial period
1 September 2025 – 31 August 2026
Latest income
£93
Latest expenditure
£302
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: BELLA VISTA, MOUNT GEORGE ROAD, FEOCK, TRURO, TR3 6QX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.observatoryforcornwall.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Promoting and developing for the benefit of the public in the administrative area of Cornwall the science of astronomy and related disciplines.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2027
Date Annual Return Received
12 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£93
Total Gross Expenditure
£302
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received
22 May 2026
Total Gross Income
£418
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,252
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received
13 April 2025
Total Gross Income
£4,656
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,300
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received
10 March 2024
Total Gross Income
£1,007
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,013
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received
5 March 2023
Total Gross Income
£3,634
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,689

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Cornwall
Welsh Ind
No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
304
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Human Resources
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
305
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
OBSERVATORY FOR CORNWALL
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2000-11-06T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 JUNE 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 4 OCTOBER 2001 AND 7 NOVEMBER 2003.
Charitable Objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND THE RELATED DISCIPLINES IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OR SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES DEFINED BY THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN WHICH THEY LIVE OR WORK OR THEIR ETHNIC ORIGINS) AS THE COMPANY SHALL THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL

08 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Conflicting interests
Policy Name
Risk management