Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

COLCHESTER HAS ACTIVE PROSTATE SUPPORT 

The promotion of awareness in mens health and urology
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

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 ?

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£97£67£30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£64£52£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£16£37£-21n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£84£60£24n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£48£51£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£63£52£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£46£46£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£75£76£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£45£82£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£71£56£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£24£15£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£30£15£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£1£15£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£1£8£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£9£11£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£1£9£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£1£16£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£33£40£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£38£27£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£48£26£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

www.chaps.uk.com

colchester@pwraccountants.co.uk

01206 578500

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 09/01/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,500 17/02/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/1995, number: 1045849
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/1995, number: 03027095
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 65 days late, AR18: 159 days late, AR15: 60 days late, AR14: 120 days late, AR12: 114 days late, AR09: 3 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 15 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Passmore Weeks & Richardson
Unit 2
Beacon End Courtyard
London Road
Stanway
COLCHEST

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS THE PROMOTION OF MEN'S HEALTHCARE AND THE RELIEF OF RELATED SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN MEN SUFFERING FROM DISEASES, INCLUDING CANCER, OF THE PROSTATE GLAND AND OTHER UROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN UROLOGICAL MATTERS IN PARTICULAR BY:(I) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PROSTATE DISEASES WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING EARLY TREATMENT OF PROSTATE AND UROLOGICAL DISORDERS;(II) THE PURCHASE AND USE OF SPECIALIST AND OTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UROLOGICAL DISORDERS'(III) ANALYSING THE CASE HISTORIES WITH A VIEW TO DISCOVERING ANY USEFUL INFORMATION OR MATERIAL WHICH MAY LEAD THE POSSIBLE PREVENTION OR CURE OF UROLOGICAL DISORDERS INCLUDING CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING ANY RELEVANT RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF;(IV) ACTING AS CONSULTANTS AND ADVISERS TO MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE ORGANISATIONS, TO ENCOURAGE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING;(V) UNDERTAKING THE TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINES AND DRUGS OF ALL KINDS AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES AND CORPORATION OPERATIONS; AND(VI) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR UROLOGICAL EDUCATION OF MEDICAL STAFF AND THE PUBLIC IN NORTH EAST ESSEX AND THE BETTER AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC AND PATIENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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