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OIL AND COLOUR CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 259095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCCA

Learned Society in the surface coatings and allied industries.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COATINGS AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) AND TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS THEREON.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income
£223k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £145,407 at the end of the year, with a policy to maintain unrestricted funds sufficient to continue activities for a minimum of twenty-four months. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, supported by a healthy surplus from the SURFEX 2024 exhibition.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Ms A M Etherington is a director of Surfex Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil and Colour Chemists Association, and Kaleidoscope Colours Limited. Costs of £31,250 (2023: £32,090) from Kaleidoscope Colours Limited for administration, bookkeeping, consultancy and advertising services. At the balance sheet date Oil and Colour Chemists Association owed £3,000 (2023: £2,100) to Kaleidoscope Colours Limited.
“During the year to 31 December 2024, expenditure was incurred from the following parties: Ms A M Etherington is a director of Surfex Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil and Colour Chemists Association, and Kaleidoscope Colours Limited. Costs of £31,250 (2023: £32,090) from Kaleidoscope Colours Limited for administration, bookkeeping, consultancy and advertising services. At the balance sheet date Oil and Colour Chemists Association owed £3,000 (2023: £2,100) to Kaleidoscope Colours Limited.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Surfex Limited
“The company’s investments at the balance sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: Surfex Limited - Company Number 02745686” — page 17
Per its FY2024 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£223k£148k
31/12/2023£86k£150k
31/12/2022£183k£153k
31/12/2021£53k£119k
31/12/2020£58k£120k

Common questions

Is OIL AND COLOUR CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £145,407 at the end of the year, with a policy to maintain unrestricted funds sufficient to continue activities for a minimum of twenty-four months. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, supported by a healthy surplus from the SURFEX 2024 exhibition. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.