COLCHESTER CHILDREN'S CHARITY APPEAL

Registered charity 800485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN'S HOSPICE APPEAL, COLCHESTER CHILDREN'S DAY CARE CENTRE APPEAL

A GRANT GIVING BODY FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THE COLCHESTER AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR TERMINAL ILLNESS IN ANY SUCH WAY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITY OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL OR CHRONIC SICKNESS OR DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AT OR ACCOMMODATION IN HOSPICES FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES.

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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £26,770 for the year ended 05 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in cash funds from £147,752 to £120,982 (calculated as £147,752 - £26,770). The accounts are unaudited and subject to an independent examination, which confirmed no material issues were found. Total receipts were £70,154 against total payments of £96,924.

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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 14/06/2024, 130 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 01/03/2022, 24 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Eleanor Darnell
• ROY KEMP

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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