01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 3 August 2016
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 26 July 2024 – 25 July 2025
- Latest income
- £40,431
- Latest expenditure
- £74,752
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 36 LEXDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO3 3RF
02 Activities
What the charity does
To relieve poverty of homeless people, those at risk of becoming homeless or those in insecure accommodation
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £40,431
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £74,752
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 May 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £89,869
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,993
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 May 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 April 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 April 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £91,172
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £58,203
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 May 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £11,130
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,266
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 May 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 December 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £29,993
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,715
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
- 26 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 25 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £40,431
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £74,752
- 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
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 25 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £89,869
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,993
- 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
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 25 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 9 April 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £91,172
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £58,203
- 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
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 25 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 26 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £11,130
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,266
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- 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
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 July 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 25 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £29,993
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,715
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- 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
- 0
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
- 107
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Accommodation/housing
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COLIN BENNETT CHARITABLE TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2016-08-03T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED DATED 25 JUL 2016
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS OR THOSE IN INSECURE ACCOMMODATION BY:-1)PROVIDING THEM WITH SHELTER AND A BASE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES;2)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND 3)PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO ANY REGISTERED CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHO IS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE SAME PURPOSE.(THING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT(NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.].
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures