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Cosmos Centre, SC010828
Registered charity from 04 October 1971
Charity Details
The name the charity is known by.The Name the Charity is Known ByCosmos Community Centre
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressCosmos Community Centre
Abbey Walk
St Andrews
Fife
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeKY16 9LB
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.cosmoscentre.org.uk
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
The objects of the Organisation shall be: (a) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of St. Andrews and as much of the surrounding area as possible (hereinafter called "the neighbourhood") by:- (i) giving guidance to organisation, local authorities and the community groups; (ii) associating the voluntary organisations, local authorities and the community in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation of the community and to act as an advisory body in the provision of such activities; (iii) making and encouraging provision to help and educate young people through their leisure time activities to develop their spiritual, mental and physical capacities to enable them to grow to full maturity as responsible individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved; (iv) fostering a community spirit for the achievement of these and such other purposes as may be law be deemed to be charitable. (b) To establish or to secure the establishment of a Community Centre (hereinafter referred to as "the Centre") and to maintain and manage, or to co-operate with any local statutory authority or authorities in the maintenance and management of such a Centre for activities promoted by the Organisation and its constituent bodies in the furtherance of the above objects or any of them. (d) The Organisation and its constituent bodies shall have power to affiliate to National Associations and other organisations whose objects shall not be inconsistent with those set out above.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 27 Nov 2023
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 04 Oct 1971
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Fife
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the advancement of education","the advancement of health","the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of public participation in sport","the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended","the promotion of equality and diversity","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "Children or young people","People with disabilities or health problems","No specific group, or for the benefit of the community","Other charities or voluntary bodies"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
The end of the financial year for which accounts and information has been requested. Year End The gross income for the period. Income Expenditure Annual Return Received The date the return was validated by OSCR. Accounts Received The accounts available to view have had personal data such as signatures and addresses redacted (blacked out) to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The charity’s accounts are the responsibility of the charity trustees and any queries regarding the content of the accounts should be directed to the charity in the first instance. OSCR accepts no liability for the accuracy of the charity’s accounts nor any decision based upon them. Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2019 £261,510 £242,118 21 Nov 2019 Yes
31 Mar 2020 £259,603 £288,965 30 Nov 2020 Yes
31 Mar 2021 £226,109 £205,159 30 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £209,355 £214,921 31 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £205,859 £244,328 27 Nov 2023 Yes The Cosmos Centre accounts 31.03.2023 - SCO10828 signed_Redacted
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