# ESSEX FIELD CLUB

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113963
- **Other names:** EFC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 28, 2006
- **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=1113963


## Contact

- **Address:** THE GREEN CENTRE, WAT TYLER COUNTRY PARK, PITSEA HALL LANE, PITSEA, BASILDON
- **Postcode:** SS16 4UH
- **Phone:** 01708 524218
- **Email:** j_couch@sky.com
- **Website:** http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** (3.)  THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB SHALL BE: TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ESSEX (DEFINED HERE AS THE TOTAL OF THE TWO WATSONIAN VICE-COUNTIES OF NORTH ESSEX AND SOUTH ESSEX) AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ITS NATURAL HISTORY (DEFINED HERE AS INCLUDING ITS FAUNA, FLORA, GEOLOGY AND LITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COUNCIL SEES FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(3.1)  STUDYING AND RECORDING NATURAL HISTORY;  (3.2)  ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE MAINTENANCE OF AN UP-TO-DATE RECORD OF ALL LOCAL SITES OF NATURAL HISTORY; AND (3.3)  PUBLISHING AND MAKING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH, DATA AND OTHER HISTORICAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE PURPOSES.

**Activities:** WE STUDY, RECORD AND PUBLISH ESSEX NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY BY FIELD MEETINGS, EXHIBITION MEETING, AGM, SHOW, PUBLISHING JOURNALS AND BOOKS, TEACH COURSES AND OUR GROWING WEBSITE FACILITY, AND FUND SIMILAR GROUPS.  GUESTS AND MEMBERS ATTEND MEETINGS, WRITE FOR OUR JOURNALS AND WEBSITE. WEBSITE HAS MORE INFO EVERY MONTH. WE HAVE A CENTRE NEAR BASILDON. WE EXPECT TO BE A LOCAL RECORD CENTRE SOON

**Area of benefit:** ESSEX.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barking And Dagenham
- Essex
- Havering
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock
- Waltham Forest



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £169088 | £67497 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £138247 | £69493 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £128292 | £59225 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £129049 | £66131 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £84715 | £65365 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **William Harry George BA, MCLIP** (Chair) — appointed March 14, 2015
- Christopher Philip Harris — appointed March 22, 2025
- Dr PETER RICHARD HARVEY
- Fiona Mary Hutchings BSc — appointed March 12, 2016
- James Alexander Clement Silverstone — appointed March 25, 2023
- John Anthony Johnson — appointed March 22, 2025
- John Howard Cooke BSc — appointed March 8, 2014
- MARTIN JOHN HEYWOOD
- Michael John Pannell LLB — appointed March 14, 2020
- Robert Charles Haig Smith — appointed March 26, 2022
- SIMON TAYLOR — appointed April 12, 2012
- Simon David Wood — appointed March 23, 2024
- Yvonne Margaret Couch Dr — appointed March 10, 2018