ESSEX FIELD CLUB
Registered charity 1113963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EFC
WE STUDY, RECORD AND PUBLISH ESSEX NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY BY FIELD MEETINGS, EXHIBITION MEETING, AGM, SHOW, PUBLISHING JOURNALS AND BOOKS, TEACH COURSES AND OUR GROWING WEBSITE FACILITY, AND FUND SIMILAR GROUPS. GUESTS AND MEMBERS ATTEND MEETINGS, WRITE FOR OUR JOURNALS AND WEBSITE. WEBSITE HAS MORE INFO EVERY MONTH. WE HAVE A CENTRE NEAR BASILDON. WE EXPECT TO BE A LOCAL RECORD CENTRE SOON
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's financial status remained strong with a surplus of £101,591 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Net assets increased to £669,256, comprising unrestricted and restricted funds, with no disclosed reserves policy target to compare against. The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.
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.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- William Harry George BA, MCLIPchair
- Christopher Philip Harris
- Dr PETER RICHARD HARVEY
- Fiona Mary Hutchings BSc
- James Alexander Clement Silverstone
- John Anthony Johnson
- John Howard Cooke BSc
- MARTIN JOHN HEYWOOD
- Michael John Pannell LLB
- Robert Charles Haig Smith
- SIMON TAYLOR · trustee of 2 other charities
- Simon David Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
- Yvonne Margaret Couch Dr · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock · Waltham Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ESSEX FIELD CLUB financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial status remained strong with a surplus of £101,591 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Net assets increased to £669,256, comprising unrestricted and restricted funds, with no disclosed reserves policy target to compare against. The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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