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Who runs things in Colchester

Postcode district CO4 is in Mile End ward, Colchester, Colchester, Colchester constituency.

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Schools
89
in Colchester
Charities based here
530
registered in Colchester
Charities working here
4,283
say they operate in Colchester
Companies
14,083
registered in Colchester
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Schools and their governors

89 schools in Colchester, nearest first.

Highwoods Community Primary School11 governors · Primary · Part of Highwoods Community Primary School0.1 mi
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester12 governors · Primary · Voluntary controlled school0.4 mi
The Gilberd School11 governors · Secondary · Part of Alpha Trust0.5 mi
Brinkley Grove Primary School14 governors · Primary · Foundation school0.5 mi
Friars Grove Primary School6 governors · Primary · Community school0.6 mi
Queen Boudica Primary School11 governors · Primary · Community school0.9 mi
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery10 governors · Primary · Part of The Kemnal Academies Trust0.9 mi
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School7 governors · Primary · Voluntary controlled school1.0 mi
Camulos Academy7 governors · Primary · Part of Reach2 Academy Trust1.0 mi
Roach Vale Primary School8 governors · Primary · Community school1.1 mi
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department9 governors · Pupil referral unit1.2 mi
Myland Community Primary School9 governors · Primary · Community school1.2 mi
St James the Great Church of England Primary School6 governors · Primary · Part of The Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust1.2 mi
Hazelmere Junior School1 governors · Primary · Community school1.3 mi
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery7 governors · Primary · Community school1.3 mi

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Charities working in Colchester

iCharities that tell the Charity Commission they operate in Colchester (or its county), wherever they are registered. 3,868 of the 4,283 are registered outside the council area. National charities are left out.
St Andrew'S Healthcarebased elsewhere£235.6m
Jewish Carebased elsewhere£81.8m
Brentwood School CIObased elsewhere£43.8m
The Stephen Perse Foundationbased elsewhere£33.9m
Felsted Schoolbased elsewhere£31.6m
New Hall School Trustbased elsewhere£31.3m
Farleigh Hospicebased elsewhere£30.2m
Ipswich Schoolbased elsewhere£26.1m
Chigwell Schoolbased elsewhere£24m
St Helena Hospice Limitedbased here£23.5m
The Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Financebased elsewhere£23m
East Anglia'S Children'S Hospicesbased elsewhere£22.4m

Showing 12 of 4,283 charities.

Charities based here

530 charities with a registered address in Colchester, largest first. Where a charity is registered is not always where it works.

Sue Ryder8 trustees£104.7m
St Helena Hospice Limited9 trustees · 1 new this year£23.5m
Autism Anglia6 trustees£14m
The Marcela Trust4 trustees£8.3m
University of Essex Students' Union11 trustees · 3 new this year£8.2m
St Mary'S School (Colchester) Limited13 trustees · 3 new this year£7m
Gateway Qualifications Limited14 trustees£6.2m
Lepra8 trustees£5.9m
Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited13 trustees · 3 new this year£5.8m
Open Road Visions12 trustees · 3 new this year£4.6m
Littlegarth School Limited11 trustees£4.5m
Colchester Zoological Society5 trustees£4.4m

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Longest-established companies registered in CO4

iCompanies at shared addresses are left out. Only the postcode district is shown for a company, not its address.
Ford Retail Limitedsince 1923 · Wholesale and retail trade
Appleyard Group Limitedsince 1923 · Professional, scientific and technical
Cants of Colchester Limitedsince 1924 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Flakt Woods Limitedsince 1928 · Manufacturing
Zeelandia Uk Limitedsince 1951 · Manufacturing
Rose of Colchester Limitedsince 1956 · Manufacturing

Organisations only. We never search or list people by where they live. Sources, all open data: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL), Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (contains information supplied by OSCR, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0), Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register, Companies House (registered offices), Get Information about Schools and school governor records (England), the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Department of Education school lists, Democracy Club councillor data, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland electoral areas, NHS ODS and the health board websites. Distances are straight-line from the middle of the postcode district. Counts are of what is on the public registers, not a judgement of any organisation.