The Southend on SEA Darby and Joan Organisation Limited

Registered charity 1093882 Registered since 2002

Operates: Essex, Southend-on-sea

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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

Anne Elizabeth Andrews since 2012
Gilly Gates since 2022
Melanie Venables since 2024
Shelley Taylor since 2026
Simon Paul Smith since 2024

4.4y median 2y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Anne Elizabeth Andrews since 2012

7.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Anne Elizabeth Andrews since 2012
Gilly Gates since 2022
Shelley Taylor since 2026
Simon Paul Smith since 2024

Portfolio (1)

Melanie Venables since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 4Disability 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 4Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.2 in 2021

34 from 61 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Southend Foodbank 1 shared trustee
Southend CAP Debt Advice Centre 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Care and Relief for the Young Similar size; both Housing
Castle Supported Living Limited Similar size; both Housing
Christian Action and Resource Enterprise LTD Similar size; both Housing
ST James' Centre (Derby) Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.darbyandjoan.org
Email	office@darbyandjoan.org
Phone	01702345969
Address	59 Imperial Avenue, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS08NQ

Finances

£1,212,519 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,476,063	£1,454,627
2022	£1,174,862	£1,301,055
2023	£1,652,254	£1,044,723
2024	£1,082,336	£1,131,390
2025	£1,212,519	£1,249,762

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/02/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/08/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28/12/2011

Trustees (5)

5trustees

69median age

2aged 70+

Anne Elizabeth Andrewsage band 70-74 since 2012
Gilly Gates since 2022
Melanie Venablesage band 75-79 since 2024
Shelley Taylor since 2026
Simon Paul Smithage band 65-69 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

The Southend-on-SEA Darby & Joan Organisation Limited · 04378521 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/02/2002

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Southend CAP Debt Advice Centre 1 shared trustee
Southend Foodbank 1 shared trustee

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