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Activities & Mission

Outhouse East supports the delivery of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of Essex and East Anglia. Offering services around information and support for LGBT people. Operating a counselling service and social groups. We also operate an LGBT community hub in Colchester, which has a cafe, meeting room and large library.

Fundraising

See where The Outhouse is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£280,509
Latest Expenditure
£274,922

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 26.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 10.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £38,839
Charitable Activities £621,338
Other Trading £473
Investments £24
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £172,964
Raising Funds £65
Governance £17,672
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£280,509£274,9220 / 11
2023£257,943£275,3890 / 14
2022£660,674£173,029£172,964£911,511£74,08510 / 10
2021£264,804£138,4290 / 5
2020£152,428£90,2350 / 7

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
19 EAST HILL
COLCHESTER
ESSEX
CO1 2QX
Registration Date
22 November 1991
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
1006244
Charity Number
1006244

Trustees

Steve Mannix
Jordan Newell
Nicola Goodchild
Faye Nora Edwards
LINDSEY ILSLEY
Janu Miah
Benjamin Michael Woods

Also Known As

  • COLCHESTER GAY SWITCHBOARD
  • POLARITY
  • OUTHOUSE EAST
  • The OutHouse