Registered charity · Colchester
Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd
To promote the physical and mental health and social development of young people by the establishment and operation of an information, advocacy and counselling service in North East Essex and Suffolk for those in need by reason of their social,...
- 7 trustees
- Income £548k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.colchesteryes.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Essex and Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service LTD
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£548k£510k
- 2024£447k£553k
- 2023£463k£464k
Earlier years
- 2022£458k£372k
- 2021£242k£299k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To promote the physical and mental health and social development of young people by the establishment and operation of an information, advocacy and counselling service in North East Essex and Suffolk for those in need by reason of their social, economic, mental and physical circumstances
Grants received
20 grants · £344,211 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Essex Community Foundation · £275,461 (17 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £40,000 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £28,750
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Jacqueline Ann Williams Chair since 2023
- Alex Stephen O'Shaughnessy since 2025
- Alexandra Josephine Blake since 2024
- Jane Caroline Taylor since 2024
- Lucy Helen Milgate since 2024
- Natasha Wambui Wainaina since 2019
- Philip Strangward since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Natasha Wambui Wainaina since 2019
- Philip Strangward since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Jacqueline Ann Williams Chair since 2023
- Alex Stephen O'Shaughnessy since 2025
- Alexandra Josephine Blake since 2024
- Jane Caroline Taylor since 2024
- Lucy Helen Milgate since 2024
- Natasha Wambui Wainaina since 2019
- Philip Strangward since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1058420
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/09/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/05/2011 as amended on 01 Apr 2025 as amended on 11 Mar 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03251475 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01206710771 · info@colchesteryes.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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