FAMILIES INFOCUS (ESSEX)

Charity Number: 1062311
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To support, strengthen and improve the quality of life for Essex families with children and young people with any special educational need or disability (SEND), requiring quality advice, information, emotional and practical support, especially at the time of diagnosis or varied transition points. Through 'holistic' information, advice and support projects/services and range of family activities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £389,070
Total expenditure: £440,638

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Southend-on-sea
  • Thurrock

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 May 1997: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • INFOCUS (Working name)
  • INFOCUS (ESSEX) (Working name)
  • INFOCUS (ESSEX) (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Keri-Ann Sargent Trustee 19 November 2024
None on record
Clare Boston Trustee 19 November 2024
None on record
Katherine Wilkins Trustee 12 September 2023
None on record
Susan Jane Dewar Trustee 16 January 2023
None on record
Marc Jordan Trustee 29 March 2021
None on record
Andrew Gothard Trustee 15 October 2014
None on record
MARTIN PETER MERRELL Trustee 02 December 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £296.44k £353.65k £386.03k £429.79k £389.07k
Total expenditure £314.43k £324.96k £355.65k £440.64k £440.64k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £75.29k £55.00k
Income from government grants £46.00k £52.50k £40.00k £7.50k £53.28k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 20 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 20 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 09 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 09 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 03 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 03 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
Families Infocus (Essex)
Townfield House
30-33 Townfield Street
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1QL
Phone:
01245353575