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Registered charity · Colchester

Brightlingsea Community Association

Brightlingsea Community Association is a registered charity (number 301265) based in Colchester, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £259k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £259k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Essex
Website
www.bseacc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£259k£237k
  • 2024£226k£230k
  • 2023£183k£184k
Earlier years
  • 2022£139k£111k
  • 2021£130k£121k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRIGHTLINGSEA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Grants received

1 grant · £7,000 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

Most recent

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.

13 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 13

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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£259k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
301265
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION DATED 3 OCTOBER 1967 AS AMENDED ON 18 MAY 1998, 28 MAY 2002, 18 MAY 2004, 12 JULY 2005, 23 SEPTEMBER 2005 AND 28 NOVEMBER 2006AS AMENDED ON 17 OCT 2017 as amended on 07 Dec 2022
Contact on the register
01206302055 · bcasecretary@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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