Sussex Community NHS Charity

Registered charity 1051763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH DOWNS HEALTH NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES, SUSSEX COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FUNDS, SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES, SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES

To support the activities of Sussex Community a community, specialist and rehabilitation services NHS Foundation Trust by means of grant funding.

Objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£141k

Latest spending

£568k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £427,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £640,000 to £321,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity's cash balances are reducing, leading to lower interest income, and the charity is seeking to diversify its income streams to ensure greater resilience. The charity confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Largest income source: Bank Interest (50% of income)

“Income from the Charity’s interest-bearing bank account amounted to £71,018 for the year an increase in income of £7,193 over the previous year when receipts were accrued from both bank interest and dividends.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least a year (reserves figure: £321k)

“The new reserves policy clarifies that the Charity should retain enough resources in its General Fund to meet its cost commitments for a period of at least a year.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity provided funding to the Trust and to the ICB for approved expenditure made on its behalf. This funding amounted to £476,516 (£210,030 in 2023-24) and is included in the total grant making costs of £490,491 (£221,868 in 2023-24) detailed in note 3.1. At the 31st March, 2025 the Charity owed the NHS Foundation Trust and the ICB £306,302 (£300,876 in 2023-24) and £nil (£nil in 2023-24) respectively for items purchased by these NHS bodies which the Charity had previously agreed to finance.

“The NHS Foundation Trust and the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB) are the sole beneficiaries of the charity. The charity has provided funding to the Trust and to the ICB for approved expenditure made on its behalf. This funding amounted to £476,516 (£210,030 in 2023-24) and is included in the total grant making costs of £490,491 (£221,868 in 2023-24) detailed in note 3.1. At the 31st March, 2025 the Charity owed the NHS Foundation Trust and the ICB £306,302 (£300,876 in 2023-24) and £nil (£nil in 2023-24) respectively for items purchased by these NHS bodies which the Charity had previously agreed to finance.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Community NHS Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£141k	£568k
31/03/2024	£166k	£333k
31/03/2023	£159k	£465k
31/03/2022	£88k	£317k
31/03/2021	£279k	£246k

Common questions

Is Sussex Community NHS Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £427,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £640,000 to £321,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity's cash balances are reducing, leading to lower interest income, and the charity is seeking to diversify its income streams to ensure greater resilience. The charity confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Sussex Community NHS Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Sussex Community NHS Charity as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, Sussex Community NHS Charity.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust — trustee here and at Sussex Community NHS Charity

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2021	£50k	Grants to members
Sussex Community NHS Charity	FY2025	£37k	Funding to finance the creation of the Charity’s own website
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2023	£24k	Grants awarded 2023
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2022	£5k	Grant

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 LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£503k
CULLUM FAMILY TRUST	1	£495k
THE LYNN FOUNDATION	1	£300k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£254k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	1	£187k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£89k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £3.6m
SUSSEX CANCER FUND income £433k
SUSSEX COUNTY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £1.1m
THE SUSSEX HEART CHARITY income £361k
THE SUSSEX PET RESCUE CHARITABLE TRUST income £47k
COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Sussex Community NHS Charity	£141k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
SUSSEX CANCER FUND FY2025	£433k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUSSEX COUNTY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP TRUST FY2026	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	12	above	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX HEART CHARITY FY2026	£361k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX PET RESCUE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£47k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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