01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 18 November 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £4,101
- Latest expenditure
- £4,052
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 2 Tyne Way, CHELMSFORD, CM1 2LR
Website recorded by the regulator: essexfolk.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
EFA encourages & promotes knowledge and understanding of folk arts including music, song and dance.
03 Official extract
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
- 16 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,101
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,052
- 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
- 11 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,530
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,100
- 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
- 2 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,525
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,385
- 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
- 16 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,277
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,959
- 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
- 2 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,637
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,867
04 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Suffolk
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hertfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Kent
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
05 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 110
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Amateur Sport
06 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ESSEX FOLK ASSOCIATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-11-18T00:00:00
07 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 MAY 2005
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING AMONGST PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (BY WHICH EXPRESSION IS MEANT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK AND INCLUDING THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS) AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE FOLK ARTS TO INCLUDE BUT WITHOUT BEING LIMITED TO THE ARTS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC, SONG, DANCE, DRAMA, STORY TELLING AND RELATED FOLKLORE AND CUSTOMS WHICH PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORIGINATE IN ENGLAND OR WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SETTLED HERE.
- Area Of Benefit
- THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK AND INCLUDING THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS.
08 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 340577
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- EFA
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Risk management