Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

HEARING HELP ESSEX LIMITED

Hearing Help Essex is a registered charity governed by a memorandum and articles of association. The charity's object is the relief of people with an acquired hearing loss and who are hard of hearing resident in mid-Essex and the surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£151	£183	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53
31/03/22	£132	£121	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/21	£102	£100	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/20	£128	£115	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/19	£108	£104	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/18	£90	£95	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£85	£58	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£51	£34	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£39	£33	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£35	£40	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£36	£34	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£26	£35	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£33	£31	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£28	£29	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£28	£26	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£19	£26	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£21	£28	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.hearinghelpessex.org.uk

info@hearinghelpessex.org.uk

01245496347

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
53 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Information, Advice, and Guidance service - Thurrock area
£8,067	03/04/2023	to expand an information, advice and guidance service for individuals with hearing loss across Thurrock
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hearing Help Essex Limited
£1,800	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hearing Help Essex Limited
£1,000	17/11/2022	to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hearing Help Essex Limited
£22,110	09/12/2021 36	to part fund a support service to deaf people in the Braintree district over three years
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hearing Help Essex Limited
£21,500	16/04/2021	to digitally transform the appointment and referral system improving how people with hearing impairment or loss access support and advice over one year
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hearing Help Essex Limited
£9,400	08/10/2020	to help meet increased operational costs arising from an expansion of service in response to demand and unexpected associated costs attributable to the COVID19 pandemic

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-70

AMY MARTIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker

DEESHA BEDIA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Audiological Scientist, Other trusteeship: ESSEX HEARING ADVICE SERVICES LIMITED,

NICHOLAS WATSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: ESSEX HEARING ADVICE SERVICES LIMITED,

PAUL ROBERTS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF ESSEX, ESSEX HEARING ADVICE SERVICES LIMITED,

PETER SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: ESSEX HEARING ADVICE SERVICES LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2006, number: 1113498
Registered at Companies House on 03/01/2006, number: 05664873

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

15/01/2015 - Asset transfer in from HEARING HELP - UTTLESFORD
23/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE ROTARY CLUB OF BRENTWOOD BREAKFAST TRUST FUND
10/05/2024 - Asset transfer in from MALDON AND DISTRICT VISION IMPAIRED CLUB

Policies in force

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
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

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE ROTARY CLUB OF BRENTWOOD BREAKFAST TRUST FUND on 23/02/2023
Asset transfer in from MALDON AND DISTRICT VISION IMPAIRED CLUB on 10/05/2024

Main office

158 Moulsham Street
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0LD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH AN ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS AND WHO ARE HARD OF HEARING RESIDENT IN MID-ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

MID-ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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