COLIN BENNETT CHARITABLE TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS

Charity number: 1168571
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To relieve poverty of homeless people, those at risk of becoming homeless or those in insecure accommodation

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 25 July 2025

Total income: £40,431
Total expenditure: £74,752

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:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 August 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
COLIN NELSON BENNETT Chair 12 May 2016
BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES
Received: On time
THE COLCHESTER AND TENDRING COMMUNITY TRUST
Received: On time
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION
Received: On time
NIGEL GORDON HUMPHREYS Trustee 12 May 2016
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WITH ST MARY AT THE WALLS, COLCHESTER, IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD
Recently registered
COLCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY
Received: On time
Dr IAN GAINSFORD DEWIS Trustee 12 May 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 25/07/2021 25/07/2022 25/07/2023 25/07/2024 25/07/2025
Total gross income £29.99k £11.13k £91.17k £89.87k £40.43k
Total expenditure £6.72k £17.27k £58.20k £16.99k £74.75k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 25 July 2025 12 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 25 July 2025 12 November 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 25 July 2024 27 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 25 July 2024 27 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 25 July 2023 09 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 25 July 2023 09 April 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 25 July 2022 26 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 25 July 2022 Not required
Annual return 25 July 2021 27 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 25 July 2021 27 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Contact information

Address:
36 LEXDEN ROAD
COLCHESTER
CO3 3RF
Phone:
01206546672
Email:
No information available
Website:

No information available