MARTIN'S UNITED FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 4 February 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 31 January 2025 – 30 January 2026
Latest income: £1,751
Latest expenditure: £5,192
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 36, COTMAN ROAD, CLACTON, CO16 8YB

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.facebook.com/MARTINSUNITEDFOUNDATION/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We are distributing sleeping bags and survival resources to the homeless and providing advocate advice information.We also have the clothes bank at our registered address and have been getting the local community to donate there unwanted clothing and sleeping bags and tents then distributing them to people who are street homeless.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 3 November 2026
Date Accounts Received: 3 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,751
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,192

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,500

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 14 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,742

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,320
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,000

Fin Period Start Date: 4 February 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 22 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 26 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,250
Total Gross Expenditure: £500

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2026
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2026
Ar Received Date: 3 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,751
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,192
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2025
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,500
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: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,742
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £2,500
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: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2023
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,320
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,000
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: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 4 February 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,250
Total Gross Expenditure: £500
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 1

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

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

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MARTIN'S UNITED FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-02-04T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Feb 2021
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR RECOVERING FROM HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY:· PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD, CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS;· PROVIDING ADVICE, SIGNPOSTING TO SERVICES, AND LIAISING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ACCESS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, REHABILITATION, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 638463
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MARTIN FOUNDATION

Charity Name Id: 638464
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MARTIN'S FOUNDATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

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

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints 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: Conflicting interests