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The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £19k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,0002013-03-21
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

5y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

5
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 9Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 9Arts and leisure 2Education 2

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.

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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£19k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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
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