Registered charity · Colchester
The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £19k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alice Charlotte BrotchieTrustee · since 2025
- Brenda EllisTrustee · since 2020
- Colin Nelson BennettTrustee · since 2025
- David HarrisTrustee · since 2016
- David Paul McleodTrustee · since 2025
- Edward Anthony BloomfieldTrustee · since 2016
- Indira AllenTrustee · since 2025
- James Highton ChallinorTrustee · since 2019
- Robert Arthur NeedhamTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.grassrootscharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£47k
- 2024£60k£89k
- 2023£64k£38k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£22k
- 2021£21k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS. B. OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMBINED AREA OF THE COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL AND AREAS ADJACENT.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,000 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alice Charlotte Brotchie since 2025
- Brenda Ellis since 2020
- Colin Nelson Bennett since 2025
- David Harris since 2016
- David Paul Mcleod since 2025
- Edward Anthony Bloomfield since 2016
- Indira Allen since 2025
- James Highton Challinor since 2019
- Robert Arthur Needham since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- David Harris since 2016
- Edward Anthony Bloomfield since 2016
- James Highton Challinor since 2019
- Robert Arthur Needham since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alice Charlotte Brotchie since 2025
- David Harris since 2016
- David Paul Mcleod since 2025
- James Highton Challinor since 2019
- Robert Arthur Needham since 2018
Portfolio (4)
- Brenda Ellis since 2020
- Colin Nelson Bennett since 2025
- Edward Anthony Bloomfield since 2016
- Indira Allen since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 803193
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29TH NOVEMBER 1989 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 9TH MARCH 1990 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 22 JUNE 2004 as amended on 24 May 2014 as amended on 24 Jun 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07572760849 · grassrootscharity@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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