EXTRA - SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES

Registered charity 1158891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXTRA

Working to advance education and provide good mental health and wellbeing among parents/carers in North East Essex by providing and assisting in the provision of programmes and workshops in parenting skills, family support and other related activities in order that their children may develop into emotionally and physically able adults.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMONG PARENTS/CARERS IN NORTH EAST ESSEX BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES AND WORKSHOPS IN PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY SUPPORT AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ORDER THAT THEIR CHILDREN MAY DEVELOP INTO EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY HEALTHY ADULTS.

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 charity reported a net incoming resource of £9,571 for the year, with total income of £187,039 against total expenditure of £177,468. Total funds increased to £87,485, comprising £77,979 in restricted funds and £9,506 in unrestricted funds. The trustees state that unrestricted reserves are currently low at £8,586 but note that Lottery funding supports the charity for the next five years.

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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — EXTRA support for families (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Red Nova Solutions — “POWERED BY Red Nova Solutions” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Charles Carroll · trustee of 3 other charities
• Benjamin Mark Mann
• Erin Clare Goddard
• Keith James PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLEY STEPHANIE GODDARD
• PATRICIA ROSEMARY BYFORD

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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