EPPING FOREST DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity number: 1118465
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Epping Forest District CAB provides a free, independent and impartial advice service to all comers on their rights and responsibilities; it values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. The bureau aims to provide the advice people need for the problems they face, and also to help improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £305,388
Total expenditure: £336,462

Total income includes £196,876 from 6 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

13 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 March 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • LOUGHTON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU (Previous name)
Company number:
05852220 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Henry McLean-Low Trustee 12 November 2024
None on record
Charlotte Prosser Trustee 12 November 2024
None on record
Victoria Manning-Monro Trustee 19 October 2023
None on record
Dr Baljit Kumar Sarpal Trustee 14 October 2020
None on record
Nina Goswami Mellor Trustee 14 October 2020
None on record
Diana Margaret Lowry Trustee 16 October 2019
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EPPING
Received: On time
THE EPPING SOCIETY
Received: On time
Ian Allsop Trustee 17 October 2018
CITIZENS ADVICE ESSEX LIMITED
Received: On time
Innes Jane Bowen Trustee 17 October 2018
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 £285.29k £304.33k £319.42k £249.70k £305.39k
Total expenditure £240.49k £215.28k £279.79k £302.36k £336.46k
Income from government contracts N/A £54.10k £48.98k N/A N/A
Income from government grants £179.23k £202.81k £254.52k £211.75k £196.88k

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 03 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 03 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 22 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 22 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 02 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 02 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 15 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 15 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JUNE 2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 5 NOVEMBER 2008. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 OCT 2017 AS AMENDED ON 16 OCT 2019 AS AMENDED ON 12 NOV 2024 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 NOV 2024

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THE COMMUNITY IN EPPING FOREST DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT ) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

EPPING FOREST DISTRICT

Contact information

Address:
Regus Epping
The Civic Building
2nd Floor
323 High Street
Epping
Essex
Phone:
01992561494
Email:
hello@citizensadviceefd.org.uk
Website:

https://citizensadviceefd.org.uk/ Open in new window