EARLS COLNE AND HALSTEAD EDUCATIONAL CHARITY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 31 July 1975
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 March 2025 – 28 February 2026
Latest income: £41,358
Latest expenditure: £52,261
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 14 Chapel Street, Steeple Bumpstead, HAVERHILL, Suffolk, CB9 7DQ

Website recorded by the regulator: echec.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 17 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 17 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £41,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £52,261

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £46,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,386

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 10 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £46,313
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,343

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £41,669
Total Gross Expenditure: £40,204

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 15 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 15 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £38,328
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,730

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2026
Ar Received Date: 17 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £41,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £52,261
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £46,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,386
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Due Date: 29 December 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £46,313
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,343
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £41,669
Total Gross Expenditure: £40,204
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2022
Ar Received Date: 15 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £38,328
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,730
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: 0

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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: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: EARLS COLNE AND HALSTEAD EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1975-07-31T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME OF 31 JULY 1975AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 05 FEB 2018 as amended on 06 Feb 2023
Charitable 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

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Risk management