Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

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

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

ESSEX HALL

The trust provides free office accomodation and occasional grants for the general assembly of Unitarian & Free Christian Churches.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

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 has been volatile recently

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
31/12/22	*	£446	£396	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£558	£507	£50	£0	£12,182	£12,040	284.8	2
31/12/20		£540	£365	£175	£0	£12,029	£11,896	391.1	2
31/12/19		£547	£449	£98	£0	£11,874	£11,749	313.8	2
31/12/18		£624	£473	£151	£0	£11,685	£11,685	296.6	1
31/12/17		£567	£357	£209	£0	£6,589	£6,117	205.4	1
31/12/16		£412	£283	£129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£452	£274	£179	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£337	£357	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£302	£283	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12		£307	£116	£191	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£290	£202	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10		£205	£220	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/09		£240	£238	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08		£256	£241	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/07		£244	£116	£127	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£193	£126	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05		£109	£175	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£258	£324	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 57 years
(137 years as a company)

amason@unitarian.org.uk

02072402384

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

City Of Westminster,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-82

RAYMOND HARDING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SARAH BOYCE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Speech & Language Teacher

ALAN ROBERT RUSTON, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant, Other trusteeship: DR DANIEL WILLIAMS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS DR WILLIAMS'S TRUST),

ANDREW GAVIN MASON Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Administration

DIANE ROMANO-WOODWARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Occupational Health Nurse, Other trusteeship: GREAT MEETING (ENDOWMENT FUND) CHARITY,

DR DAVID LEWIS WYKES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Librarian, Other trusteeships: EAST MIDLAND UNITARIANS, THE CHARITY OF FRANCIS HOPKINSON FOR THE POOR, GREAT MEETING (ENDOWMENT FUND) CHARITY, ANNESLEY (CLW) TRUST, LEICESTERSHIRE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY TRUST,

ELIZABETH SLADE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

JEFFREY JAMES TEAGLE Appointed: 1994, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: DR DANIEL WILLIAMS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS DR WILLIAMS'S TRUST), THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED),

JOANNE TERESA O'SULLIVAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE SEND A CHILD TO HUCKLOW FUND CIO,

REV MARTIN WHITELL Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: MINISTERS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, WOOD GREEN TRUST, JOHN POUNDS CHARITY, SIMPLEGIFTS: UNITARIAN CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ACTION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/1967, number: 248442
Registered at Companies House on 13/09/1886, number: 00023132

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 76 days late,

Main office

ESSEX HALL
1-6 ESSEX STREET
LONDON
WC2R 3HY

Objectives

2 OBJECTSThe objects for which the Company is established are specifically restricted to: 2.1 the promotion of religion in accordance with the principles of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches; and2.2 such other object or objects, religious, educational or otherwise exclusively charitable, and in such manner in all respects as the Directors of the Company shall from time to time in their unfettered discretion decide.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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