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Registered charity · Colchester

The Rural Community Council of Essex

The Rural Community Council of Essex is a registered charity (number 1097009) based in Colchester, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £1.7m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2026)
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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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Essex
Website
www.essexrcc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Rural Community Council of Essex
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£1.7m£1.8m
  • 2025£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.6m£1.6m
Earlier years
  • 2023£1.6m£1.8m
  • 2022£2.5m£2.1m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND, IN PARTICULAR(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(B) THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH; AND(C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS

Grants received

10 grants · £415,333 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £400,933 (4 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £9,400 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,000

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

9
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 10General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Environment/conservation/heritage 3Other Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Other services 12Health and social care 5Property 2

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£1.8m 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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2021

63 from 41 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.
22%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1097009
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2002 as amended on 11 Jul 2018 as amended on 09 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 04609624 · Active
Contact on the register
01376574330 · enquiries@essexrcc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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