Ideas Plus

Registered charity 1016182 Registered since 1993

Operates: Essex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Debra Salmon since 2017
Kenneth Day since 2022
Paul Smith since 2026
Philip Edwards since 2021
Timothy Page since 2018

5.2y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Debra Salmon since 2017
Timothy Page since 2018

8.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Debra Salmon since 2017
Kenneth Day since 2022
Paul Smith since 2026
Philip Edwards since 2021
Timothy Page since 2018

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Economic/community Development/employment 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 5Property 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

54 from 26 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services Similar size; both Community development
Southwark Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Similar size; both Community development
The Loyola Preparatory School Similar size; both Community development
Groundswell Network Support UK Similar size; both Community development
Everyday Language Solutions Similar size; both Community development
Five Talents UK LTD Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.e-a.org.uk
Email	info@e-a.org.uk
Phone	01279 450299
Address	Ideas Plus, Latton Bush Centre, Southern Way, HARLOW, Essex, CM18 7BL

Finances

£2,103,796 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£890,303	£842,630
2022	£945,456	£888,194
2023	£1,087,541	£959,034
2024	£1,251,661	£1,082,692
2025	£2,103,796	£1,949,246

What it does

What

DisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE NEED AMONG AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING ENABLING SUCH PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE SKILLS THE POSSESSION OF WHICH WILL ASSIST THEM TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR OTHERWISE BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 DECEMBER 1992

Trustees (5)

5trustees

68median age

2aged 70+

Debra Salmonage band 70-74 since 2017
Kenneth Dayage band 60-64 since 2022
Paul Smithage band 50-54 since 2026
Philip Edwardsage band 70-74 since 2021
Timothy Pageage band 65-69 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Ideas Plus · 02772286 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/12/1992

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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