Cowplain Activity Centre Association

Analysis

Cowplain Activity Centre Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waterlooville. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Cowplain Activity Centre Association reported income of £110k and spending of £117k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £108k to £110k (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cowplain Activity Centre Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Didsbury Parsonage Trust (£110k), The Museum of the Broads (£111k) and The Furnival (£110k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.