Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove

Registered charity 1086323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN WEST SUSSEX, AGE UK WEST SUSSEX, Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove

The charity runs Activity Centres, Community Clubs and activities, Information and Advice Services, including home visits and a money advice service; Help at Home Services; Home from Hospital Support, Hospital Take Home & Settle, and Relative Support services, Community Support projects, Social Prescribing, Wellbeing projects throughout West Sussex, and Carer Support Services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.1m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity supported over 12,000 people directly and unlocked more than £4.4 million in benefits and grants. The trustees report that the organization introduced new services, including a dementia clinic and care-at-home services, to meet growing needs. The filing indicates a focus on increasing income sources to ensure future stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

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 - Horsham and Mid-Sussex——

CQC provider record: Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 14/06/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

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

Total income
£5.1m
Total spending
£5.3m
Cost of raising funds
£108
Reserves (reported)
£476k
Employees
158

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.1m£5.3m
31/03/2024£5.0m£4.4m
31/03/2023£4.4m£4.8m
31/03/2022£4.2m£4.5m
31/03/2021£3.8m£3.7m

Common questions

Is Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity supported over 12,000 people directly and unlocked more than £4.4 million in benefits and grants. The trustees report that the organization introduced new services, including a dementia clinic and care-at-home services, to meet growing needs. The filing indicates a focus on increasing income sources to ensure future stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, The Patricia Routledge Foundation, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2023£184kSupporting the network
AGE UKFY2022£111kHealth and care; Wellbeing; Support the network
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2025£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2022£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2024£50024.05.23 Age Concern West Sussex
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2022£250General

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2024£321kGet Connected
Sport England25/08/2023£15kFit at 50(+)!
UK government17/07/2020£99kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England04/01/2017£657New activity called Boccia
The National Lottery Community Fund27/07/2016£10kIntroducing Computing Skills for Older People
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2010£10kImproved IT Facilities and IT Training for Older People
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2006£2k'All About Advocacy'

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 AGE UK BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove£5.1m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
AGE UK GATESHEAD LIMITED FY2025£1.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
AGE UK WILTSHIRE FY2025£2.8m——above—no doubt
AGE UK MERTON FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt

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