THE BRIGHTON FUND

Registered charity 1011724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A) The relief of persons in the area of benefit over the age of 60 who are in need, hardship or distress and B) The general relief of persons resident in the area of benefit who are in need, hardship or distress.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OVER THE AGE OF 60 WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND B) THE GENERAL RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,248,432, which is below the previous year's balance of £2,341,330. The trustees maintain a policy to hold sufficient reserves to ensure current levels of grant aid can be maintained for the foreseeable future. They report no evident risks to continued operations and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cllr Theresa Fowlerchair
• Cllr David McGregor
• Cllr Ellen Mcleay
• Cllr Emma Hogan
• Cllr Michelle Alexander

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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