The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Rural Community Council of Essex

Registered charity 1097009 Registered since 2003

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
15.9y
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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.essexrcc.org.uk
Emailenquiries@essexrcc.org.uk
Phone01376574330
AddressR C C E House, Threshelfords Business Park, Inworth Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9SE

Finances

£1,748,431 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£2,517,470£2,118,623
2023£1,631,280£1,799,818
2024£1,595,254£1,562,263
2025£1,811,985£1,693,872
2026£1,748,431£1,824,906

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2002 as amended on 11 Jul 2018 as amended on 09 Jul 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Rural Community Council of Essex · 04609624 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/12/2002

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (13)

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