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ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LTD

Registered charity 1148729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECDP

Support Cultural Diversity in the arts and heritage sector

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£349k
Latest spending
£352k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £35,976, which the Trustees deem sufficient to cover three months of operational costs as per their policy. The charity reports a net movement in funds of a deficit of £2,231 for the year, primarily due to higher expenditure than income, but holds adequate cash resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 - £70,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 - £70,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £36k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£692k
Total spending
£620k
Reserves (reported)
£61k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Essex · Luton · Norfolk · Southend-on-sea · Suffolk · Surrey · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£349k£352k
31/03/2024£318k£311k
31/03/2023£265k£360k
31/03/2022£692k£620k
31/03/2021£305k£259k

Common questions

Is ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £35,976, which the Trustees deem sufficient to cover three months of operational costs as per their policy. The charity reports a net movement in funds of a deficit of £2,231 for the year, primarily due to higher expenditure than income, but holds adequate cash resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£19kOld Hall Growing Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/03/2024£10k"After the Partition ? A Shared Cultural Heritage in Essex"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/04/2022£9k"An Indian Princess in Essex"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2019£9kUPLIFT -Training and Up-skilling Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/05/2019£9k"Duleep Singh Heritage Trail"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/12/2018£37k"Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary -The Untold Story"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2018£80k"Thetford & Punjab Festival"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/10/2015£50k"'By Thames to all Peoples of the World': Thurrock Routes 1930 - 2004"