SPIRAL SUSSEX

Registered charity 1091044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal aim of Spiral Sussex is to provide evening and weekend activities for young people and adults with learning difficulties. These cover sports, leisure and recreational interests, social evenings, outings and some annual holidays. Also, to provide training and skills through daytime learning programmes and online radio station.A wide range of supported respite breaks.

Objects

"THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SUSSEX TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION AND TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE COMMUNITY."

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON AND HOVE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · 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 charity reported a net deficit of £6,983 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted funds. The trustees acknowledge the difficult financial position and are reviewing policy to eliminate deficits, while noting that the going concern basis depends on continuing creditor support.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 03/07/2023, 3 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 05/01/2023, 189 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04263909

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.

• BLACKWELL, Marc Gavin Fitton — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list
• STEVENSON, George Dunn — director, appointed 28/02/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Dunn Stevenson
• Marc Gavin Fitton Blackwell
• Sara Jayne Boult

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 SPIRAL SKILLS CIO.

• SPIRAL SKILLS CIO income £567k
• SPIRAL - PREVENTING THE EFFECT OF BULLYING income £156k
• THE SPIRES CENTRE income £802k
• Sussex Community NHS Charity income £141k
• SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS income £163k
• SKYLIGHT CIRCUS IN EDUCATION income £227k

Side by side with its peers

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