EARLS COLNE AND HALSTEAD EDUCATIONAL CHARITY

Registered charity 310859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Earls Colne & Halstead Educational Charity assists people up to the age of 25 in any sphere of educational activity. Applicants to the charity must have attended school or have lived for at least one year within the charity's catchment area in North Essex. The charity also makes grants to schools and to voluntary organisations offering opportunities for young people in the same locality.

Objects

THE GENERAL PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN THE PARISHES OF ALPHAMSTONE, ASHEN, BELCHAMP OTTEN, BELCHAMP ST PAUL, BELCHAMP WALTER, BIRDBROOK, BORLEY, BULMER, BURES HAMLET, CASTLE HEDINGHAM, COGGESHALL, COLNE, ENGAINE, EARLS COLNE, FOXEARTH, GESTINGTHORPE, GOSFIELD, GREAT HENNY, GREAT MAPLESTEAD, GREAT YELDHAM, GREENSTEAD GREEN AND HALSTEAD RURAL, HELIONS BUMPSTEAD, LAMARSH, LISTON, LITTLE HENNY, LITTLE MAPLESTEAD, LITTLE YELDHAM, MIDDLETON, OVINGTON, PEBMARSH, PENTLOW, RIDGEWELL, SIBLE HEDINGHAM, STAMBOURNE,STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD, STISTED, STURMER, TILBURY JUXTA CLARE, TOPPESFIELD, TWINSTEAD, WHITE COLNE AND WICKHAM ST PAUL, THE TOWN OF HALSTEAD AND THE PARISHES OF CHAPPEL, MOUNT BURES AND WAKES COLNE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,262,420, with unrestricted reserves standing at £37,549. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £60,950, driven by investment gains, and maintains a reserves policy of setting aside £10,000 annually for operating expenses while distributing maximum income to beneficiaries.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN CHARLES HAYESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRIS SIDDALL
• CHRISTIAN APPLEFORD
• Carrie Prior · trustee of 2 other charities
• George Courtauld · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jackie Parish
• James Munro
• Jane Bailey
• Paul Finch
• Victoria Brummitt

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

Operates in: Essex

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