Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd

Registered charity 1058420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER AND TENDRING YOUTH ENQUIRY SERVICE LTD, COLCHESTER YOUTH ENQUIRY SERVICE, COLCHESTER YOUTH ENQUIRY SERVICE LTD, TENDRING YOUTH ENQUIRY SERVICE, Y E S

To promote the physical and mental health and social development of young people by the establishment of an information, conselling service in the Boroughs of Colchester and Tendring for those in need by means of their social economic, mental or physical circumstances.

Objects

To promote the physical and mental health and social development of young people by the establishment and operation of an information, advocacy and counselling service in North East Essex and Suffolk for those in need by reason of their social, economic, mental and physical circumstances

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER AND TENDRING

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £13,753 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £192,085. However, after designating £175,764 for specific purposes such as repairs, redundancies, and contingency, the free cash reserves stood at only £16,321. The trustees note that the reserves policy requires funds not to fall below those needed to wind up the company in an ordered manner, supported by a £75,000 contingency fund.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline Ann Williamschair
• Alex Stephen O'Shaughnessy
• Alexandra Josephine Blake
• Jane Caroline Taylor
• Lucy Helen Milgate
• Natasha Wambui Wainaina
• Philip Strangward

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).