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Essex Community Foundation

Registered charity 1052061 Registered since 1996

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.

13
trustees on the board
3.8y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
5.3y
average years in governance
11 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 2Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 1

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

Education 1Property 1Public administration 1

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Contact

Websitewww.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk
Emailhello@essexcf.org.uk
Phone01245355947
AddressEssex Community Foundation, 3 Hoffmanns Way, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1GU

Finances

£8,477,899 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,816,038£5,148,263
2022£5,375,133£5,357,802
2023£5,333,896£5,018,903
2024£4,875,495£4,647,609
2025£8,477,899£5,330,706

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

2.1(a) The promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of Essex and its immediate neighbourhood;(b) Other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are, in the opinion of the Directors, beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 30 MAY 1995 (AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 21 DECEMBER 1995) AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 9 MARCH 2000 AND 25 JULY 2002 as amended on 13 Dec 2021

Trustees (13)

13trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Essex Community Foundation · 03062567 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/05/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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