ESSEX RECOVERY FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 16 September 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024
Latest income: £754,598
Latest expenditure: £631,678
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Moulsham Mill, PARKWAY, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PX

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.essexrecoveryfoundation.org/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We are revolutionising recovery from addiction to drug and alcohol. We do this by improving services: bringing the community voice and the evidence-base into service commissioning and working with local providers to improve delivery. We also do this by creating a positive environment around services: destigmatising addiction and helping people in recovery rebuild their lives.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £754,598
Total Gross Expenditure: £631,678

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £475,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £322,038

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 25 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £183,201
Total Gross Expenditure: £85,093

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 1 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £366,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,320

Fin Period Start Date: 16 September 2019
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 27 July 2021
Date Accounts Received: 27 July 2021
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £754,598
Total Gross Expenditure: £631,678
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £735,875
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £475,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £322,038
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £475,000
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: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £183,201
Total Gross Expenditure: £85,093
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £110,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 24

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £366,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,320
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: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 16 September 2019
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2020
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2021
Ar Received Date: 27 July 2021
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 8

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 July 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 745196
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 7119
Income Investments: 2283
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 754598
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £631,678
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 631678
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10836
Expenditure Support Costs: 39209
Expenditure Depreciation: 2741
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £14,130
Assets Total Fixed: 8510
Assets Own Use: 8510
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,378,220
Assets Total Liabilities: £613,122
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £773,608
Creditors One Year Total Current: 613122
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £266,547
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 14130
Funds Restricted: 759478
Funds Total: 773608
Count Employees: 15
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

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

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ESSEX RECOVERY FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-09-16T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Sep 2019
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL ADDICTION, THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS, AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY A) COMMISSIONING SERVICES, SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY, PROVIDERS AND OTHER PARTNERS AND B) RAISING AWARENESS.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries