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Registered charity · Chelmsford

Essex Folk Association

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £4k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and more
Website
essexfolk.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4k£4k
  • 2024£4k£4k
  • 2023£4k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£4k
  • 2021£3k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING AMONGST PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (BY WHICH EXPRESSION IS MEANT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK AND INCLUDING THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS) AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE FOLK ARTS TO INCLUDE BUT WITHOUT BEING LIMITED TO THE ARTS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC, SONG, DANCE, DRAMA, STORY TELLING AND RELATED FOLKLORE AND CUSTOMS WHICH PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORIGINATE IN ENGLAND OR WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SETTLED HERE.

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.6y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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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£4k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1112159
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 MAY 2005
Contact on the register
01708752057 · secretary@essexfolk.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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