Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 11

POP ESSEX

POP Essex focuses on providing services for children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families, centred in and around Braintree Essex.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
28/04/23		£25	£22	£3	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.pop-essex.org

popessex@gmail.com

07845022386

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 - POP Essex
£5,000	26/10/2023	to employ a part time manager for an organisation providing play and respite sessions for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in Braintree for one year

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-63

CARLY BARLOW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Care Worker

JAMES YATES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Risk Officer

KEIR THOMAS HUGHES FCCA Appointed: 2022

MARY SIOBAHN RIORDAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker

MATTHEW CARR (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2023, number: 1201653
Registered at Companies House on 01/07/2022, number: 14209838

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

BRACKS COTTAGE
BROAD GREEN
COGGESHALL
ESSEX
CO6 1RU

Objectives

1.OBJECTSTHE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN BRAINTREE, CHELMSFORD, COLCHESTER, WITHAM, MALDON, UTTLESFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS, FIRST BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, SUPERVISED RECREATION, PRE-SCHOOL SERVICES, RESPITE AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS, SO THAT THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH CHILDREN, PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS, MAY BE IMPROVED; AND SECOND THROUGH EDUCATION, DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

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