SIGNPOSTS (MID-SUSSEX) LTD

Registered charity 1098354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Signposts provides information, advice, support and activities for people with learning disabilities, their families, friends, carers and professionals in Mid Sussex and surrounding areas.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY, RESIDENT IN MID-SUSSEX BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH PROMOTE THEIR INCLUSION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: MID-SUSSEX

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,219 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total reserves standing at £63,827. The trustees note that these reserves represent about 50% of expected operating costs for the following year and that a new three-year contract with West Sussex County Council ensures major income through to 2027. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the company'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

Largest income source: none
“The WSCC grant income has increased to £91,401 from £79,542 for the previous year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: about 50% of expected operating costs (held: £64k)
“This year’s reserves of £63,827 continue to represent about 50% of our expected operating costs for 2025/26.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£130k£131k
29/02/2024£109k£119k
28/02/2023£100k£93k
28/02/2022£96k£81k
28/02/2021£118k£87k

Common questions

Is SIGNPOSTS (MID-SUSSEX) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,219 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total reserves standing at £63,827. The trustees note that these reserves represent about 50% of expected operating costs for the following year and that a new three-year contract with West Sussex County Council ensures major income through to 2027. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2007£10kActivities for Everyone Programme (for People with Learning Difficulties)