# EMMAUS COLCHESTER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1077805
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 15, 1999
- **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=1077805


## Contact

- **Address:** 175 Magdalen Street, Colchester
- **Postcode:** CO1 2JX
- **Phone:** 01206541616
- **Email:** info@emmauscol.org
- **Website:** www.emmaus.org.uk/colchester



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN THE IN THE COLCHESTER AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME2) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT3) THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE4) THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

**Activities:** Our principal activity is "Giving people a bed and a reason to get out of it".

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £893498 | £810153 | £1645294 | 14 |
| June 30, 2024 | £725736 | £726292 | £1561949 | 12 |
| June 30, 2023 | £653557 | £677984 | £1562505 | 12 |
| June 30, 2022 | £657068 | £647536 | £1586932 | 13 |
| June 30, 2021 | £1139266 | £587878 | £1577400 | 10 |



## Trustees

- **Vivienne Depledge** (Chair) — appointed June 6, 2024
- Francis Gerard Perera — appointed Jan. 26, 2017
- Gaynor Bell — appointed Jan. 4, 2022
- James Brian McElhinney — appointed Dec. 13, 2013
- Matthew Robert Dabbs — appointed June 6, 2024
- Nora Singh — appointed June 6, 2024
- Ray Donnelly — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Richard Doyle — appointed Dec. 5, 2024