# ESSEX FOLK ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1112159
- **Other names:** EFA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 18, 2005
- **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=1112159


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Tyne Way, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM1 2LR
- **Phone:** 01708752057
- **Email:** secretary@essexfolk.uk
- **Website:** essexfolk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING AMONGST PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (BY WHICH EXPRESSION IS MEANT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK AND INCLUDING THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS) AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE FOLK ARTS TO INCLUDE BUT WITHOUT BEING LIMITED TO THE ARTS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC, SONG, DANCE, DRAMA, STORY TELLING AND RELATED FOLKLORE AND CUSTOMS WHICH PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORIGINATE IN ENGLAND OR WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SETTLED HERE.

**Activities:** EFA encourages & promotes knowledge and understanding of folk arts including music, song and dance.

**Area of benefit:** THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK AND INCLUDING THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Suffolk
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3530 | £4100 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3525 | £3385 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2277 | £3959 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2637 | £2867 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1916 | £2381 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MARY BARBARA BRYAN** (Chair)
- CELIA ALISON KEMP — appointed Sept. 4, 2013
- IAN FRASER SMITH — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- JOHN CHARLES TERRY — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- NIGEL ANTHONY GASPAR — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Valerie Cleare — appointed April 2, 2017