EMMAUS COLCHESTER — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 15 October 1999
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03805699
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £893,498
Latest expenditure: £810,153
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 175 Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2JX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.emmaus.org.uk/colchester (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Our principal activity is "Giving people a bed and a reason to get out of it".

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 18 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 18 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £893,498
Total Gross Expenditure: £810,153

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £725,736
Total Gross Expenditure: £726,292

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £653,557
Total Gross Expenditure: £677,984

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £657,068
Total Gross Expenditure: £647,536

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 25 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £674,887
Total Gross Expenditure: £587,878

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 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 18 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £893,498
Total Gross Expenditure: £810,153
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £725,736
Total Gross Expenditure: £726,292
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £653,557
Total Gross Expenditure: £677,984
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £657,068
Total Gross Expenditure: £647,536
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
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: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £674,887
Total Gross Expenditure: £587,878
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £71,249
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 18 March 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 103578
Income Other Trading Activities: 448764
Income Charitable Activities: 309787
Income Investments: 1030
Income Other: 30339
Income Total Income And Endowments: 893498
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £66,328
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £743,825
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 810153
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 430813
Expenditure Depreciation: 17669
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,621,706
Assets Total Fixed: 1536755
Assets Own Use: 1536755
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £209,011
Assets Total Liabilities: £100,472
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,645,294
Creditors One Year Total Current: 100472
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £180,343
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1621709
Funds Restricted: 23585
Funds Total: 1645294
Count Employees: 14
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 42757
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 672636
Income Investments: 811
Income Other: 9532
Income Total Income And Endowments: 725736
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £10,521
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £715,771
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 726292
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 264634
Expenditure Depreciation: 20548
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,561,949
Assets Total Fixed: 1553896
Assets Own Use: 1553896
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £138,573
Assets Total Liabilities: £130,520
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,561,949
Creditors One Year Total Current: 67026
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 63494
Assets Cash: £86,174
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1561411
Funds Restricted: 538
Funds Total: 1561949
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 May 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 56362
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 589504
Income Investments: 1029
Income Other: 6662
Income Total Income And Endowments: 653557
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £9,721
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £668,263
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 677984
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 317317
Expenditure Depreciation: 24434
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,562,505
Assets Total Fixed: 1571939
Assets Own Use: 1571939
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £111,525
Assets Total Liabilities: £120,959
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,562,505
Creditors One Year Total Current: 50344
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 70615
Assets Cash: £61,346
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1562505
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1562505
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 April 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 89035
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 563209
Income Investments: 110
Income Other: 4714
Income Total Income And Endowments: 657068
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £9,440
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £638,096
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 647536
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 262466
Expenditure Depreciation: 26195
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,586,932
Assets Total Fixed: 1591683
Assets Own Use: 1591683
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £279,075
Assets Total Liabilities: £283,826
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,586,932
Creditors One Year Total Current: 53712
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 230114
Assets Cash: £236,601
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1587019
Funds Restricted: -87
Funds Total: 1586932
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 208409
Income Other Trading Activities: 464379
Income Charitable Activities: 464379
Income Investments: 94
Income Other: 2005
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1139266
Income Legacies: 19440
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £7,734
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £580,144
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 587878
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 226440
Expenditure Depreciation: 21959
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,577,400
Assets Total Fixed: 1599344
Assets Own Use: 1599344
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £444,799
Assets Total Liabilities: £466,743
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,577,400
Creditors One Year Total Current: 60030
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 406713
Assets Cash: £405,051
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1467540
Funds Restricted: 109860
Funds Total: 1577400
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: EMMAUS COLCHESTER
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1999-10-15T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 7TH JULY 1999
Charitable Objects: FOR THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN THE IN THE COLCHESTER AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME2) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT3) THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE4) THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management