Together Collective

Registered charity 1083390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON AND HOVE IMPETUS, BRIGHTON AND HOVE COMMUNITY IMPETUS, BRIGHTON AND HOVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, BRIGHTON AND HOVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, Together Co

We are a loneliness charity that creates connections to change lives. We do this through award winning befriending, social prescribing and a range of volunteering programmes. We help people increase independence, confidence & wellbeing.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£739k
Latest spending
£755k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,998 for the year, with total incoming resources of £738,963 against expenditure of £754,961. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £211,939, representing approximately 3.4 months of annual expenditure, which is slightly above the stated policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of annual expenditure (held: £212k)
“Our policy sets the guide level of reserves that we aim to have on hand at around three months of annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARDSocial Prescribing Service - Brighton and Hove——

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

Total income
£739k
Total spending
£755k
Cost of raising funds
£69k
Reserves (reported)
£212k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 9.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£739k£755k
31/03/2024£886k£831k
31/03/2023£746k£776k
31/03/2022£769k£798k
31/03/2021£897k£838k

Common questions

Is Together Collective financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,998 for the year, with total incoming resources of £738,963 against expenditure of £754,961. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £211,939, representing approximately 3.4 months of annual expenditure, which is slightly above the stated policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Together Collective?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Together Collective as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, Army Benevolent Fund, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
Army Benevolent FundFY2023£10kWellbeing
Army Benevolent FundFY2024£10kWellbeing
Army Benevolent FundFY2026£5kWellbeing
Army Benevolent FundFY2025£5kWellbeing
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£4k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2024£2kSocial - Older People and Social Welfare
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2025£2kCare and Welfare
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£19kBringing Brighton Together
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2022£9kTogether Co Buddy Project
UK government17/07/2020£27kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kTogether Co Befriending
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2018£10kPaving the way- future proof communities
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2012£285kBetter Futures Through Volunteering and Training
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2010£9kLearning Disability Together Network
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2006£4kVolunteer recruitment

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 THE TOGETHER PROJECT CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Together Collective£739k—0above—no doubt
THE TOGETHER PROJECT CIO FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FY2025£23.4m——above—no doubt
TOGETHER NOW FY2024£126k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOGETHER PLAN LTD FY2025£264k—0below—no doubt
Together We Learn FY2025£360k—0unclear—no doubt

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