01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 28 May 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: SHREWSBURY PRISON, THE DANA, SHREWSBURY, SY1 2HP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.covecharitabletrust.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To advance education by the establishment and maintenance of museums on such sites as the trustees determine, in order to:a) Protect, preserve and exhibit artefacts of prison history and heritageb) Develop and deliver educational programmes that promote understanding on penal heritagec) Protect and promote public engagement with historic buildings and heritage sites
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
04 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COVE CHARITABLE TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-05-28T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 May 2026
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS ON SUCH SITES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, IN ORDER TO:(A) PROTECT, PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT ARTEFACTS OF PRISON HISTORY AND HERITAGE(B) DEVELOP AND DELIVER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES THAT PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING ON PENAL HERITAGE(C) PROTECT AND PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND HERITAGE SITES THROUGH BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE JULIA PARK BARRY LIFEBOAT MUSEUM AT PETERHEAD PRISON
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures