SUSSEX EMMAUS

Registered charity 1053354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMAUS BRIGHTON AND HOVE

The Emmaus Brighton & Hove Community offers a home and meaningful work to 53 men and women, many of whom have been formerly homeless. 7 social enterprises generate funds which support the work of the Community - 6 retail shops and a cafe. Residents (Companions) can stay as long as they need. The Community is committed to helping those in greatest need through its solidarity work.

Objects

THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE: TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS AT LOCATIONS IN SUSSEX OR SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY BE SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE CHARITY AS APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NEEDS AND AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE APPROPRIATE OR EXPEDIENT; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF POOR AND MARGINALISED PEOPLE THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS OF PUBLICITY OR EDUCATION THE CHARITY SEEMS FIT; TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE; TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN WORKERS TO SUPPORT THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company's affairs. The independent auditors concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03130876

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.

• WALKER, Charles Roger Daniel — director, appointed 22/01/2026on trustee list
• CRITTENDEN, Kate Linda — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
• SIMKIN, Matthew Adam — director, appointed 26/01/2025on trustee list
• CUNNINGHAM, James Robert — director, appointed 23/10/2024on trustee list
• FINDLAY, Jacqueline Olive — director, appointed 18/10/2023not on trustee list
• BERRY, Aidan Joseph — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
• CRONIN, Emily Grace — director, appointed 19/10/2021on trustee list
• BUCHER, Frank William — director, appointed 18/11/2019on trustee list
• BERRY, Aidan Joseph — secretary, appointed 18/10/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~14.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aidan Joseph Berry
• Charles Roger Daniel Walker
• Christopher Stephen Wheeler
• Emily Grace Cronin
• Frank William Bucher
• Jacquie Findlay
• James Robert Cunningham
• KATE LINDA CRITTENDEN
• Matthew Simkin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Matthew Simkin — trustee here and at EMMAUS U.K.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EMMAUS HASTINGS AND ROTHER.

• EMMAUS HASTINGS AND ROTHER income £491k
• EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE income £2.0m
• EMMAUS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY income £1.2m
• EMMAUS LEEDS income £849k
• EMMAUS SALFORD income £453k
• EMMAUS GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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