01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 16 March 1993
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £5,577
- Latest expenditure
- £9,719
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 11 SONTERS DOWN, RETTENDON COMMON, CHELMSFORD, CM3 8EU
Website recorded by the regulator: www.parents-aid.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Parents' Aid provides a package of support services to families involved with the Social Services Department or at risk of social exclusion: information, advocacy, support & befriending, family mediation, anger & aggression management, effective parenting skills and personal therapy where requested. We also give users free information booklets & offer a 24/7 information phone line.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,577
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,719
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £6,263
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,815
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,635
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,373
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £3,647
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,484
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,066
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,872
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
06 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PARENTS' AID (SOUTHERN ESSEX)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1993-03-16T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER 1990 AND AMENDED ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY 1993.
- Charitable Objects
- (I) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF FAMILY LIFE BY SEEKING TO PREVENT THE SEPERATION OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE SEPARATED SEEKING TO PROMOTE THE RETURN OF CHILDREN TO THEIR NATURAL FAMILY UNIT; (II) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE OR AT RISK OF BEING TAKEN INTO SUCH CARE AND WHO CANNOT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES; (III) TO RESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING TAKEN INTO SUCH CARE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ADVICE.
- Area Of Benefit
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX IN PRACTICE 20 MILES AROUND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 137442
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- PARENTS' AID SOUTHERN
- Charity Name Id
- 137449
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- PARENTS' AID SOUTHERN ESSEX
- Charity Name Id
- 137435
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- PARENTS' AID (SOUTH-EAST ESSEX)
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests