NECESSITIES UK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 14 December 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £5,373
Latest expenditure: £20,231
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Necessities UK, The Beehive Resource Centre, Room S24, West Street, Essex, RM17 6XP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.necessitiesuk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Necessities UK provides adults and children with emergency food parcels to those in need. Necessities UK provides support in two ways to help our beneficiaries. Firstly, through our emergency response to provide food parcels to meet an immediate need and secondly through practical support that helps us to stop the cycle of poverty and hunger in our beneficiaries lives.

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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: 28 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,231

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: 28 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £35,611
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,841

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: 25 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 25 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £13,998
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,055

Fin Period Start Date: 14 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 9 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,270
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,834

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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: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,231
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: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £35,611
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,841
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: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £13,998
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,055
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: 7

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 14 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,270
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,834
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: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,000
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 Area Of Operation

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

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

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: NECESSITIES UK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-12-14T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Dec 2021
Charitable Objects: 3.1. NECESSITIES UK AIMS TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HUNGER AND POVERTY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD ESSENTIAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND CONSUMABLE GOODS WITH AN EMERGENCY PARCEL OF PRODUCTS. NECESSITIES UK OBJECTIVES HOPE TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING: • TO HELP THOSE IN NEED BY PROVIDING PROVISIONS TO ALL GROUPS IN SOCIETY WITHOUT A QUOTA SYSTEM TO THOSE WHO ARE OR REMAIN IN NEED.• TO UNITE COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO RELIEVE HUNGER AND POVERTY AMONGST THEIR MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES.• SHARE THE MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS (GOSPEL) OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE UK AND ABROAD THROUGH USING OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES TO SHOW PRACTICAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO RELIEVE POVERTY.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures