The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 258273 Registered since 1969

Operates: Essex

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6
trustees on the board
2.2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.4y
average years in governance
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Accommodation/housing 5Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 1Retail and trade 1

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Contact

Emailgreg.wood@essex.police.uk
Phone01245 491491
AddressESSEX POLICE, PO BOX 2, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6DA

Finances

£48,530 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£38,113£122,686
2022£40,000£186,000
2023£42,058£137,518
2024£42,058£137,518
2025£48,530£59,093

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS OR GENERAL HARDSHIP BY MEANS OF CASH GRANTS, OR BY SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE AMONG THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE:I. SERVING ESSEX POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE CADETS;II. SERVING ESSEX POLICE STAFF OR SERVING SPECIAL CONSTABLES WHERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN MADE BY THEIR RESPECTIVE BENEVOLENT FUND;III. RETIRED ESSEX POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE CADETS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE WHO WERE DISMISSED FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT OR UNDER THE UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE PROCEDURES (UPP) OR THOSE OTHERWISE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF DISQUALIFIED OFFICERS. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE COMMITTEE SHALL DECIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THE COMMITTEE’S DECISION SHALL BE FINAL).IV. THE WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CIVIL PARTNERS, LIFE PARTNERS, ORPHANS AND ANY OTHER DEPENDANTS OF ANY OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED AT I. AND III ABOVE.B) TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITY, INCLUDING POLICE CONVALESCENTHOMES WHICH HAVE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO THOSE GIVEN ABOVE, AS DETERMINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE AT ANY MEETING.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 14 MAR 1969AS AMENDED ON 21 FEB 1974AS AMENDED ON 08 DEC 1982AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1983AS AMENDED ON 14 DEC 1988AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1993AS AMENDED ON 25 JAN 2016AS AMENDED ON 04 AUG 2017

Trustees (6)

6trustees
79median age
1aged 70+

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