Colchester Engagement & Next Steps Ltd

Analysis

Colchester Engagement & Next Steps Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02475258). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colchester Engagement & Next Steps Ltd reported income of £414k and spending of £418k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £301k to £414k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Colchester Engagement & Next Steps Ltd sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poole Waste Not Want Not (£413k), Afro Innovation Group (£414k) and Light and Life Free Methodist Church East Cornwall (£413k).