EMMAUS COLCHESTER

Registered charity 1077805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our principal activity is "Giving people a bed and a reason to get out of it".

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £83,345 for the year ended 30 June 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit. Total funds increased to £1,645,294, with unrestricted funds standing at £1,621,709. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — “A grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government will fund essential roof repairs at our warehouse and shop” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~24.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% 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: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vivienne Depledgechair
• Francis Gerard Perera · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gaynor Bell
• James Brian McElhinney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Robert Dabbs
• Ray Donnelly
• Richard Doyle
• Rodney John Dass · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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