ESSEX FIELD CLUB — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 28 April 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £169,088
Latest expenditure: £67,497
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: THE GREEN CENTRE, WAT TYLER COUNTRY PARK, PITSEA HALL LANE, PITSEA, BASILDON, SS16 4UH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

WE STUDY, RECORD AND PUBLISH ESSEX NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY BY FIELD MEETINGS, EXHIBITION MEETING, AGM, SHOW, PUBLISHING JOURNALS AND BOOKS, TEACH COURSES AND OUR GROWING WEBSITE FACILITY, AND FUND SIMILAR GROUPS. GUESTS AND MEMBERS ATTEND MEETINGS, WRITE FOR OUR JOURNALS AND WEBSITE. WEBSITE HAS MORE INFO EVERY MONTH. WE HAVE A CENTRE NEAR BASILDON. WE EXPECT TO BE A LOCAL RECORD CENTRE SOON

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £169,088
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,497

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 May 2025
Date Accounts Received: 18 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £138,247
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,493

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 4 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 4 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £128,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,225

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 25 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £129,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,131

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 May 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £84,715
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,365

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £169,088
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,497
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
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £138,247
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,493
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
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 4 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £128,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,225
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
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £129,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,131
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: 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: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £84,715
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,365
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: 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: 50

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Waltham Forest
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Barking And Dagenham
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Havering
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Southend-on-sea
Welsh Ind: No

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Redbridge
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Newham
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

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

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

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ESSEX FIELD CLUB
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-04-28T00:00:00

Charity Name: ESSEX FIELD CLUB
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2019-06-06T00:00:00
Reason: Does not operate
Assoc Organisation Number: 231981
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 231981
Assoc Charity Name: SOUTH ESSEX NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 MARCH 2006. as amended on 25 Mar 2023
Charitable Objects: (3.) THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB SHALL BE: TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ESSEX (DEFINED HERE AS THE TOTAL OF THE TWO WATSONIAN VICE-COUNTIES OF NORTH ESSEX AND SOUTH ESSEX) AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ITS NATURAL HISTORY (DEFINED HERE AS INCLUDING ITS FAUNA, FLORA, GEOLOGY AND LITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COUNCIL SEES FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(3.1) STUDYING AND RECORDING NATURAL HISTORY; (3.2) ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE MAINTENANCE OF AN UP-TO-DATE RECORD OF ALL LOCAL SITES OF NATURAL HISTORY; AND (3.3) PUBLISHING AND MAKING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH, DATA AND OTHER HISTORICAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE PURPOSES.
Area Of Benefit: ESSEX.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 472607
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: EFC

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures