COFFIN CLUB COLCHESTER — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 8 April 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £57
Latest expenditure: £1,070
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 69 POLE BARN LANE, FRINTON-ON-SEA, CO13 9NQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.coffinclubcolchester.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Coffin Club Colchester (CCC) helps people to reclaim a participatory relationship with death, allowing them to have frank conversations and reflect on their future with camaraderie. CCC empowers people and helps them understand their choices and options for low cost funeral planning. Based on a New Zealand model, CCC runs two free 6-week courses a year and you can decorate your own coffin!

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 4 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 4 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £57
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,070

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £277
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,143

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 21 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £969
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,917

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 20 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,104
Total Gross Expenditure: £637

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 18 September 2021
Date Accounts Received: 18 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £607
Total Gross Expenditure: £414

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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: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 4 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £57
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,070
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: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £277
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,143
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: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 21 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £969
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,917
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: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 20 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,104
Total Gross Expenditure: £637
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: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 18 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £607
Total Gross Expenditure: £414
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

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COFFIN CLUB COLCHESTER
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-04-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Apr 2019
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT ISSUES RELATING > TO DEATH AND END OF LIFE CELEBRATION PLANNING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE > TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. > > NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE > PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures