ESSEX POLICE FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 16 April 1969
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £48,530
Latest expenditure: £59,093
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: ESSEX POLICE, PO BOX 2, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6DA

02 Activities

What the charity does

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

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

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: 30 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £48,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,093

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: 17 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £42,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,518

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: 6 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 6 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £42,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,518

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: 15 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 15 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £40,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 1 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £38,113
Total Gross Expenditure: £122,686

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £48,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,093
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £42,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,518
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 6 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £42,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,518
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 15 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £40,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,000
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 23

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £38,113
Total Gross Expenditure: £122,686
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 19

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Essex
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ESSEX POLICE FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1969-04-16T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: RULES ADOPTED 14 MAR 1969AS AMENDED ON 21 FEB 1974AS AMENDED ON 08 DEC 1982AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1983AS AMENDED ON 14 DEC 1988AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1993AS AMENDED ON 25 JAN 2016AS AMENDED ON 04 AUG 2017
Charitable 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

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests