The Autumn Centre

Registered charity 1066579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY SUPPORT - BRIGHTLINGSEA, FAMILY SUPPORT BRIGHTLINGSEA T/A THE AUTUMN CENTRE

We serve the administrative area of Brightlingsea and the parish areas of Alresford, Frating, Great Bentley and Thorrington with the objective of relieving either generally or individually, persons resident in these areas who are in need, frail, housebound or in distress by providing services such as lunch clubs, trips out to venues and information.

Objects

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BRIGHTLINGSEA AND THE PARISH OF THORRINGTON, ALRESFORD, GREAT BENTLEY AND FRATING

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of income over expenditure of £11,410 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £54,987. The trustees report that the charity is in a sound financial position and can continue as a going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £48,987 significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £7,000.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 26/01/2024, 360 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cllr Gary Gordon Ian Scottchair
• Christopher Wagland
• Juliet Bonita English
• Pamela Wordingham
• Sonia Wright

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AUTUMN CENTRE LTD.

• THE AUTUMN CENTRE LTD income £233k
• BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £259k
• BISHOP CREIGHTON HOUSE SETTLEMENT income £845k
• THE SOMERSET CENTRE, BRIGHTON income £188k
• The Audley Centre income £25k
• BRINSWORTH COMMUNITY TRUST income £284k

Side by side with its peers

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