THE OLIVE TREE CENTRE TRUST (SOUTH EAST)

Registered charity 1075617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OLIVE TREE CENTRE

Provides counselling, training, supervision.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS WITH PARTICULAR INITIAL EMPHASIS IN THE SOUTH EAST ESSEX AREA:A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED OF SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT BY THE PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELLINGB) TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN COUNSELLINGC) AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: SOUTH EAST ESSEX

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,629.97 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £74,357.10 to £60,727.13. The trustees' report notes that council funding for staff salaries ended in March, creating a need to secure new funding from the Essex Community Fund. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and the accounts accord with those records.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Dartchair
• HAZEL EMMA DAVIES
• Jonathan Blake
• Linda Elizabeth Mcloughlin
• Rev Peter George Neale

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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