ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD

Registered charity 1000830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCA, CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION

The charity operating as Stonepillow is principally engaged in the relief of homelessness and social exclusion. Services include hostels, day centres, a furniture recycling social enterprise project, supported accommodation and a recovery project for those dependent on drugs, alcohol and suffer from mental health.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.1m

Latest spending

£5.2m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £29,885 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a budgeted deficit of £131,539. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,790,242, with liquid reserves sufficient to cover 2.8 months of expenditure against a policy target of 2.5 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024 - one).” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024 - one).” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Housing benefit (36% of income)

“Housing benefit £1,852,120” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 2.5 months (held: £2.8m)

“The trustees have agreed that the minimum liquid reserves required is 2.5 months” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Pure Employment Law Limited

“Peter Stevens, a trustee of the charity, is also a Director of Pure Employment Law Limited. During the year the charity incurred nil (2024: £720) on professional fees from Pure Employment Law Limited.” — page 38

“Michael Cullen, a trustee of the charity, is also a Partner of Bennett Griffin LLP. During the year the charity incurred £3,471 (2024: nil) on legal fees from Bennett Griffin LLP.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Bennett Griffin LLP

“Peter Stevens, a trustee of the charity, is also a Director of Pure Employment Law Limited. During the year the charity incurred nil (2024: £720) on professional fees from Pure Employment Law Limited.” — page 38

“Michael Cullen, a trustee of the charity, is also a Partner of Bennett Griffin LLP. During the year the charity incurred £3,471 (2024: nil) on legal fees from Bennett Griffin LLP.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Jull Housing Trust

“Peter Stevens, a trustee of the charity, is also a Director of Pure Employment Law Limited. During the year the charity incurred nil (2024: £720) on professional fees from Pure Employment Law Limited.” — page 38

“Michael Cullen, a trustee of the charity, is also a Partner of Bennett Griffin LLP. During the year the charity incurred £3,471 (2024: nil) on legal fees from Bennett Griffin LLP.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Chichester District Council

“Peter Stevens, a trustee of the charity, is also a Director of Pure Employment Law Limited. During the year the charity incurred nil (2024: £720) on professional fees from Pure Employment Law Limited.” — page 38

“Michael Cullen, a trustee of the charity, is also a Partner of Bennett Griffin LLP. During the year the charity incurred £3,471 (2024: nil) on legal fees from Bennett Griffin LLP.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: New Park Community and Arts Association

“Peter Stevens, a trustee of the charity, is also a Director of Pure Employment Law Limited. During the year the charity incurred nil (2024: £720) on professional fees from Pure Employment Law Limited.” — page 38

“Michael Cullen, a trustee of the charity, is also a Partner of Bennett Griffin LLP. During the year the charity incurred £3,471 (2024: nil) on legal fees from Bennett Griffin LLP.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02504171

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David Francis — CEO (source)
Olivia Pinkney — Chair (source)
Rob Morgan — Interim Head of Finance (source)
Jenny Jackson — Head of Income Generation (source)
Jane Summerfield — Head of HR (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WEEKES, Roanne Lea — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
NEWMAN, Susan Rosalind — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
CULLEN, Michael Peter — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
RANDELL, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
PINKNEY, Oliva — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
HARROP, Andrew Jeremy — director, appointed 03/12/2020on trustee list
COULTHARD, David — director, appointed 28/11/2019on trustee list
FAWCETT, Anthony Christopher Foyle — director, appointed 05/11/2014not on trustee list
FRANCIS, David Alexander — secretary, appointed 13/04/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St. Richards of Chichester Christian Care Association — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/07/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£5.1m

Total spending

£5.2m

Cost of raising funds

£186k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

82

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Oliva Pinkneychair
ANTHONY FAWCETT FCA
Andrew Jeremy Harrop
David Coulthard
Michael Peter Cullen
REBECCA JANE RANDELL
Roanne Weekes
Susan Rosalind Newman

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.1m	£5.2m
31/03/2024	£4.8m	£4.9m
31/03/2023	£4.3m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£3.9m	£3.5m
31/03/2021	£3.3m	£2.8m

Common questions

Is ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £29,885 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a budgeted deficit of £131,539. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,790,242, with liquid reserves sufficient to cover 2.8 months of expenditure against a policy target of 2.5 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2025	£20k	Bognor Hub - Sanctuary Safety Support - a lifeline for homeless people in Arun
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/04/2025	£427k	Stonepillow Day Hubs and Resource Hub for the Homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2024	£19k	Volunteer and Food Donation Development Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2022	£9k	Sport and the great outdoors; holistic health and recovery for the homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/05/2021	£211k	Stonepillow Women's Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£9k	Keep the vulnerable homeless connected during COVID 19
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/05/2020	£85k	From Sleeping Rough to Sleeping Safe
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/09/2019	£10k	Giving the Homeless a Voice
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/11/2009	£486k	Stonepillow Restore (Improving Homes-Improving Lives)
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2004	£229k	Provision of longer term temporary accomodation

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EPSOM	1	—
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£27k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£20k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY	1	£18k
STRAND PARISHES TRUST	1	£15k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£14k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPPING STONE PROJECTS.

STEPPING STONE PROJECTS income £14.5m
ST PETROCK'S (EXETER) LIMITED income £969k
STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER income £246k
Pilgrims' Friend Society (RP) income £2.3m
Church Homeless Charity income £421k
STEPPING STONES NORTH WALES income £463k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD	£5.1m	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONE PROJECTS FY2025	£14.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST PETROCK'S (EXETER) LIMITED FY2025	£969k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER FY2024	£246k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Pilgrims' Friend Society (RP) FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Church Homeless Charity FY2025	£421k	—	0	above	19.0%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.