COWLEY ROAD WORKS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 20 April 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 06181276
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £49,358
Latest expenditure: £72,047
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: C/O PEGASUS THEATRE, MAGDALEN ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1RE

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Promoting the education of the public in particular through the world cultures and arts reflected in the residents of Oxford, and developing skills and opportunities through a Carnival and related events, workshops and activities

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 10 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £49,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £72,047

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 11 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 11 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £81,311
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,091

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £5,136
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,963

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,672
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,438

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £35,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,635

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 10 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £49,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £72,047
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £41,500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 11 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £81,311
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,091
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 60400
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,672
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,438
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,300
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £35,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,635
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £26,950
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: COWLEY ROAD WORKS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-04-20T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: AREA. MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 MARCH 2007 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14 DECEMBER 2009.
Charitable Objects: 3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE3.1 TO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN OXFORDSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR, B U NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE RESIDENTS OF EAST OXFORD AND THE THE SURROUNDING AREA, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT'3.2 TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE 3.3 TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREAS OF BENEFIT, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS3.4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE ARTS AND WORLD CULTURES AND IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES3.5 TO PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES ("THE OBJECTS").
Area Of Benefit: OXFORDSHIRE: IN PARTICULAR EAST OXFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 447451
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: EAST OXFORD ACTION CHARITY

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management