The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Active Essex Foundation

Registered charity 1166665 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Essex, Thurrock, 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.

8 trustees on the board

7.8y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£1.3m 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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

5 from 3 in 2024
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.activeessexfoundation.org
Emailfoundation@activeessex.org
Phone07894081626
AddressACTIVE ESSEX Foundation, 146 New London Road, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0AW

Finances

£1,324,013 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£102,594£83,255
2022£238,452£13,975
2023£251,845£396,582
2024£787,246£635,285
2025£1,324,013£1,114,645

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER ESSEX IN PARTICULAR BY:- (1) WORKING WITH AND THROUGH LOCAL AGENCIES TO INCREASE LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; (2) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, INFORMAL EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR HEALTHY RECREATION; (3) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND (4) THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 21 APR 2016AMENDED ON 31 JUL 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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