'SIGNALS' ESSEX MEDIA CENTRE LTD

Charity number: 802376
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Signals provides the opportunity for everyone to participate in media production. Through courses, exhibition, and projects. This work encourages participation & understanding & develops technical & personal skills.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £208,384
Total expenditure: £163,718

Total income includes £600 from 1 government grant(s)

People

9 Trustee(s)

4 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:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 February 1990: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SIGNALS (Working name)
  • SIGNALS MEDIA ARTS (Working name)
  • COLCHESTER FILM AND VIDEO WORKSHOP LTD (Previous name)
Company number:
02277759 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
DEBORAH ANN ROOME Chair
None on record
Rebecca Winward Trustee 19 March 2025
None on record
Mei-Fung Greenhalgh Trustee 04 December 2024
None on record
Sarah Jane Davies Trustee 04 December 2024
None on record
Amy Katherine Cotterill Trustee 11 May 2022
None on record
Jonathan Saward Trustee 26 September 2019
None on record
Julien Mery Trustee 25 September 2019
None on record
Derek Wotton Trustee 25 September 2019
Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited
Received: On time
Nic Blower Trustee 25 July 2019
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Received: On time

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 £175.28k £121.84k £151.28k £171.35k £208.38k
Total expenditure £164.57k £124.77k £147.51k £147.73k £163.72k
Income from government contracts £23.56k £4.16k N/A £20.76k N/A
Income from government grants £40.30k £58.70k £4.40k £1.75k £600

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 08 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 08 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 01 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 01 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 05 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 05 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 14 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 14 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH JULY 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 16 OCT 1989, 19 JUL 1990 AND 5 AUG 2010 as amended on 24 May 2023

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN DIGITAL ART, FILM AND MEDIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit

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

COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT

Contact information

Address:
VICTORIA CHAMBERS
ST RUNWALD STREET
COLCHESTER
CO1 1HF
Phone:
01206 580950
Email:
info@signals.org.uk
Website:

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