AGE CONCERN (EASTBOURNE NUMBER 2) LIMITED

Registered charity 1101578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN EASTBOURNE

A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, THERPIES, INTERESTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE. INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE, INSURANCE, CONTRACTOR CALL, WELFARE RIGHTS, DAY CARE, ASSISTED BATHING AND CATERING ALL AT THE WILLIAM AND PATRICIA VENTON CENTRE. IN THE COMMUNITY WE PROVIDE HOME FROM HOSPITAL, BEFREINDING, A REMINISCENCE SERVICE AND TRANSPORT. WE HAVE THREE FUND-RAISING CHARITY SHOPS LOCATED IN EASTBOURNE.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated net deficit of £77,961 for the year ended 31 March 2025, marking its first loss since 2019/20. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total consolidated funds of £1,274,204, including £1,036,339 in endowment funds, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity's unrestricted reserves were £62,699, which the trustees assessed as sufficient to cover the required three months of normal expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04952839

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Concern Eastbourne (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• JACKSON, Janet — director, appointed 23/05/2025on trustee list
• LESTER, Jo-Anne Marie — director, appointed 23/05/2025on trustee list
• NORRIS, Alan Anthony — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
• O'NEIL, Brian — director, appointed 08/04/2022on trustee list
• FROST, Paul Edward — director, appointed 08/04/2022on trustee list
• COKER, Nathan John — director, appointed 04/09/2020on trustee list
• BELSEY, Colin Sidney — director, appointed 03/10/2007on trustee list
• TRAINOR, John — secretary, appointed 09/04/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Age Concern (Eastbourne Number 2) Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 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 (65% 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: 33.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• William and Patrica Venton Centre: Good (23/11/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nathan Cokerchair
• Alan Anthony Norris
• Brian O'Neil
• COUNCILLOR COLIN BELSEY
• Dr Jo-Anne Lester
• Janet Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pari Sheppard
• Paul Edward Frost · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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