# FAMILIES INFOCUS (ESSEX)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062311
- **Other names:** INFOCUS (ESSEX), INFOCUS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 12, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062311


## Contact

- **Address:** Families Infocus (Essex), Townfield House, 30-33 Townfield Street, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM1 1QL
- **Phone:** 01245353575
- **Email:** helpline@fifessex.org.uk
- **Website:** www.familiesinfocusessex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (AGED 0 TO 25) WITH ANY SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEED OR DISABILITY (SEND) ANYWHERE IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, WHICH COMPRISES THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE UNITARY AUTHORITIES OF SOUTHEND ON SEA AND THURROCK, BY ENSURING THAT THEY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS RECEIVE INFORMATION, ADVICE, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF, AND RELIEVE THE POVERTY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEND, TO ENHANCE THE STABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. A CENTRAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF ALL CONCERNED. THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF FAMILIES INFOCUS (ESSEX) IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FALL WITHIN THE DESCRIPTION "THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE

**Activities:** To support, strengthen and improve the quality of life for Essex families with children and young people with any special educational need or disability (SEND), requiring quality advice, information, emotional and practical support, especially at the time of diagnosis or varied transition points. Through 'holistic' information, advice and support projects/services and range of family activities.

**Area of benefit:** ESSEX




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £387444 | £326197 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £389070 | £440638 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £429790 | £440638 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £386029 | £355645 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £353650 | £324957 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Clare Boston** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 19, 2024
- Katherine Wilkins — appointed Sept. 12, 2023
- Kathleen Gayton — appointed June 10, 2025
- MARTIN PETER MERRELL — appointed Dec. 2, 2013
- Marc Jordan — appointed March 29, 2021
- Michael Cockerton — appointed April 24, 2025
- Susan Jane Dewar — appointed Jan. 16, 2023