COLCHESTER KORBAN PROJECT

Registered charity 1125617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing young people aged 16-25 with a home and support to overcome homelessness in Colchester. Helping them realise their potential and thrive, by providing accommodation, resources, holistic support and guidance enabling them to develop the character, skills and confidence to live independently.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND LONG-TERM ACCOMMODATION, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN COLCHESTER ESSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER ESSEX

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased slightly from £339,603 to £339,002, with unrestricted general funds rising to £304,640. The charity holds a designated contingency fund of £22,000, which the trustees note allows for continued operation for three months in case of difficulty. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified in the independent examiner's report.

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.

• 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
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Sirettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev ANTHONY COLIN BUSHELL
• Richard Anthony Spencer Mr

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARDSLEY YOUTH PROJECT.

• BARDSLEY YOUTH PROJECT income £162k
• COLCHESTER FOODBANK income £323k
• COLCHESTER CHILDREN'S CHARITY APPEAL income £70k
• COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP income £215k
• COLCHESTER ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £180k
• CARLISLE KEY income £374k

Side by side with its peers

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