FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES

Registered charity 1089306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF EAST SUSSEX HOSPICES

Friends of Sussex Hospices is a registered charity raising funds for the hospices serving the people of East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEOPLE LIVING(PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY) IN EAST SUSSEX, WEST SUSSEX AND BRIGHTON & HOVE SUFFERING FROM OLDAGE, SICKNESS, POOR HEALTH AND TERMINAL ILLNESS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HOSPICES AND SIMILARINSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CARERS, WHETHER THE HOSPICESOR SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS ARE LOCATED IN THESE AREAS OR NOT AND TO GENERALLY SUPPORT HOSPICES AND ADVANCETHE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY HOSPICES.

Area of benefit: EAST SUSSEX, WEST SUSSEX AND BRIGHTON & HOVE

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

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

Registered contact address: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £6,547 for the year, with total incoming resources of £212,072 against total resources expended of £205,525. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £60,697, which the Trustees consider to exceed the necessary level required to meet contractual commitments and operational costs. The filing confirms 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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Hicks
• Chantal Francoise Wilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Diane Patricia Akers
• Dr Ian Brinsmead Gough
• Heather Elizabeth Woolcott
• Helen Lorraine Searle
• Simon Thomas Baer

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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
• HOSPICE IN THE WEALD income £15.9m
• THE FRIENDS OF THE WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL income £32k
• FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS income £79k
• Friends of Eastbourne Hospital income £1.3m
• FRIENDS OF HORSEY SEALS income £62k

Side by side with its peers

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