ESSEX HOME HELP SERVICE

Registered charity 1203040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the well-being of the older people of Essex by assisting those who are need of help and support due to reasons of ill health, social exclusion or other disadvantages. Essex Home Help service provide a first class, compassionate and professional service, tailored to meet the needs of the individual.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN ESSEX BY REASON OF OLD AGE, POOR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, SOCIAL ISOLATION OR OTHER SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE, BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH DAY-TO-DAY TASKS WITHIN THE HOME SETTING, A COMPANIONSHIP SERVICE AND A TELEPHONE HELP LINE.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased by £334 during the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £49,385. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Total incoming resources were £662,456, primarily from charitable activities, against total resources expended of £662,456.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Burnschair
• Elizabeth Laura Petrie
• John Wilson
• KERRI DARLING
• MELANIE WHITESIDE

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 EXTRA - SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.

• EXTRA - SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES income £187k
• SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER income £98k
• HOME SERVICES SUPPORT income £212k
• HEARING HELP ESSEX LIMITED income £262k
• AGE UK EXETER income £751k
• ESSEX SEARCH AND RESCUE (ESSEXSAR) income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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