ESSEX POLICE FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 258273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of support services to members and retired members and their families of Essex Police

Objects

A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS OR GENERAL HARDSHIP BY MEANS OF CASH GRANTS, OR BY SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE AMONG THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE:I. SERVING ESSEX POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE CADETS;II. SERVING ESSEX POLICE STAFF OR SERVING SPECIAL CONSTABLES WHERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN MADE BY THEIR RESPECTIVE BENEVOLENT FUND;III. RETIRED ESSEX POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE CADETS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE WHO WERE DISMISSED FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT OR UNDER THE UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE PROCEDURES (UPP) OR THOSE OTHERWISE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF DISQUALIFIED OFFICERS. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE COMMITTEE SHALL DECIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THE COMMITTEE’S DECISION SHALL BE FINAL).IV. THE WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CIVIL PARTNERS, LIFE PARTNERS, ORPHANS AND ANY OTHER DEPENDANTS OF ANY OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED AT I. AND III ABOVE.B) TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITY, INCLUDING POLICE CONVALESCENTHOMES WHICH HAVE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO THOSE GIVEN ABOVE, AS DETERMINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE AT ANY MEETING.

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£59k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves decreased to £761,936 from £781,600 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure of £19,664. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to continue achieving objectives and meet the stated policy target of £400,000. The charity is unincorporated and relies on investment income and donations to fund grants to police personnel.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £400,000 (reserves figure: £762k)

“The Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund requires minimum reserves of £400,000 to protect its current activities and provide funding for long term projects to progress them to completion, in order to allow the Trustees to meet their responsibilities and ensure that the Fund can continue to operate on a going concern basis.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Subscription income is the Fund's share of voluntary contributions made by serving officers of Essex Police. It is not uncommon for a Police officer in receipt of grant support to have made or still be making voluntary contributions to the Fund.

“Subscription income is the Fund's share of voluntary contributions made by serving officers of Essex Police. It is not uncommon for a Police officer in receipt of grant support to have made or still be making voluntary contributions to the Fund. Any grant support to serving Police officers is made at the discretion of the General Committee, whether voluntary contributions are being made or not.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 30
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 25
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 25
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Essex Police Officer's Benevolent Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Thorn
Graham Truluck
Lucy Morris
PAUL TAYLOR
Robert Coan
Wilson Kennedy

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£49k	£59k
31/03/2024	£42k	£138k
31/03/2023	£42k	£138k
31/03/2022	£40k	£186k
31/03/2021	£38k	£123k

Common questions

Is ESSEX POLICE FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves decreased to £761,936 from £781,600 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure of £19,664. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to continue achieving objectives and meet the stated policy target of £400,000. The charity is unincorporated and relies on investment income and donations to fund grants to police personnel. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST	1	£79k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£2k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ESSEX PROVINCIAL CHARITY FUND.

ESSEX PROVINCIAL CHARITY FUND income £88k
ESSEX RECOVERY FOUNDATION income £755k
ESSEX DISABLED SPORTS FOUNDATION income £91k
THE SUSSEX POLICE CHARITABLE TRUST income £209k
THE THAMES VALLEY POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND income £118k
WEST MIDLANDS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND income £323k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ESSEX POLICE FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND	£49k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ESSEX PROVINCIAL CHARITY FUND FY2025	£88k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ESSEX RECOVERY FOUNDATION FY2024	£755k	—	1	below	—	no doubt
ESSEX DISABLED SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025	£91k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX POLICE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£209k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THAMES VALLEY POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2026	£118k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.