Cowpen Quay Community Association

Analysis

Cowpen Quay Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blyth. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06293107). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cowpen Quay Community Association reported income of £209k and spending of £195k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £222k to £209k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cowpen Quay Community Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R.I.V.A Project (£209k), The Pelican Childrens Centre (£209k) and Better Health Products Limited (£209k).