The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Essa Water Activities Centre

Registered charity 1025713 Registered since 1993

Operates: Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Waltham Forest, Essex, Hertfordshire

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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

7.4y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 5Education/training 5Recreation 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.

Other services 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£185k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteessa.org.uk
Emailtrustees@essa.org.uk
Phone07402 579927
AddressEssa Water Activities Centre, Central Lagoon, Meadgate Road, Nazeing, WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex

Finances

£185,113 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£59,476£67,751
2021£228,701£175,340
2022£219,595£191,588
2023£172,582£211,494
2024£185,113£178,791

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL PHYSICALLY, INTELLECTUALLY AND SOCIALLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SAILING AND OTHER WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06/07/1993AS AMENDED ON 07/11/2006AS AMENDED ON 28/11/2009AS AMENDED ON 03/07/2011AS AMENDED ON 14/04/2013AS AMENDED ON 02 OCT 2016 as amended on 07 Oct 2021

Trustees (5)

5trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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