EAST CHESHIRE HOUSING CONSORTIUM LIMITED

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To provide supported and residential housing services, primarily for people with mental health needs and for people who require support to enable them to live within the community. Our philosophy is to provide a range of support services to enable tenants to maintain and improve their quality of life and independence.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income includes £4,544,359 from 91 government contract(s)
People

87 Employee(s)
6 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
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£80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Accommodation/housing
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
Governance
- 18 February 1991: Standard registration
- E C H C (Working name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
6 Trustee(s)
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Maria Joanne Flanagan | Trustee | 19 February 2025 |
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Janette Carr | Trustee | 10 September 2024 |
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Jonathon Wigmore | Trustee | 10 September 2024 |
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Tracy Cresswell | Trustee | 06 December 2022 |
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Dr Michael Andrew Smith | Trustee | 09 November 2020 |
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Stephen Shaughnessy | Trustee | 14 March 2016 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.98m | £3.25m | £3.62m | £3.91m | £4.54m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.92m | £3.24m | £3.61m | £4.12m | £4.48m | |
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Income from government contracts | £2.69m | £2.96m | £3.32m | £3.76m | £4.54m | |
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Income from government grants | £282.65k | £282.65k | £253.74k | £149.89k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £583 | £583 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £252.50k | £7.80k | £7.80k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.92m | £3.24m | £3.61m | £4.12m | £4.44m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £44.27k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £41.88k |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £258.99k | £349.27k | £310.96k | £319.21k | £391.65k | |
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Long-term investments | £252.50k | £252.50k | £252.50k | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £911.90k | £1.00m | £1.09m | £1.06m | £1.11m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £169.06k | £336.60k | £376.13k | £244.14k | £306.18k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 28 November 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 28 November 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 03 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 03 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 28 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 28 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 13 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 13 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 OCTOBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29 OCTOBER 1990, 7 JULY 1997 AND 16 MARCH 2000.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CONSORTIUM SHALL BE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO OBTAIN THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORMS OF HOUSING WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED,IN PRACTICE EAST CHESHIRE
Contact information
- Address:
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Anderson House
3 Goodall Street
Macclesfield
SK11 7BD
- Phone:
- 01625500166
- Email:
- info@echc.org.uk
- Website:
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