BRIGHTON WOMEN'S CENTRE
Registered charity 1003790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Brighton Women's Centre provides a range of services to the women of Sussex. Its aims are to protect and preserve physical and mental health, to promote education and to relieve poverty.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £89,413 on unrestricted resources, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £489,647. The trustees report that free reserves of £390,361 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£340,712). The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by West and Berry Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighton Women's Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£60k
Reported reserves equal ~4.3 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Amber Woodward-Brownchair
- Emma Lamberton
- Joanne Bautista-Connor
- Mary D'Arcy
- Tallulah Frankland
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRIGHTON WOMEN'S CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £89,413 on unrestricted resources, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £489,647. The trustees report that free reserves of £390,361 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£340,712). The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by West and Berry Limited.
Who funds BRIGHTON WOMEN'S CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIGHTON WOMEN'S CENTRE as a grant recipient include ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, THE THREE OAKS TRUST, THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FOR BRIGHTON AND HOVE.
Side by side with its peers
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