The Cottage Community (number 1180662) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Cottage Community do?
The Cottage Community is an independent registered charity providing a day centre and hot meals, lunch clubs, activities, transport and shopping trips for elderly and vulnerable clients, resident in the our catchment area. Generally speaking our catchment area is the rural communities between Sevenoaks and Dartford and Gravesend.We have been providing services for over 65 years.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Cottage Community
Answers The Cottage Community gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Cottage Community's highest-paid staff paid?
The Cottage Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Does The Cottage Community receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for The Cottage Community. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
The Cottage Community reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The Cottage Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Kent
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Cottage Community registered for?
General Charitable PurposesDisability
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Cottage Community yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Cottage Community.
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The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists The Cottage Community as a registered charity (number 1180662) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Cottage Community's charity number?
The Cottage Community's charity number is 1180662. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1180662?
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What does The Cottage Community do?
The Cottage Community is an independent registered charity providing a day centre and hot meals, lunch clubs, activities, transport and shopping trips for elderly and vulnerable clients, resident in the our catchment area. Generally speaking our catchment area is the rural communities between Sevenoaks and Dartford and Gravesend.We have been providing services for over 65 years.
Does The Cottage Community have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Cottage Community. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Cottage Community?
The Cottage Community's website listed in our register data is https://www.racdv.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Cottage Community's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Cottage Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Are The Cottage Community's trustees paid?
The Cottage Community's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Cottage Community registered as a charity?
The Cottage Community was entered on the register on 13 November 2018.