HOLLINGDEAN DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1102541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust works, as lessee, to sustain the Community Centre and employs an Administrator. In partnership with 'The Trust for Developing Communities' it contributes funds for a Community Development Worker who supports the Trust in its aims to work with residents to attract funds for and manage community-projects and activities in the continued regeneration and improvement of Hollingdean, Brighton.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") WHICH ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN HOLLINGDEAN AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES ARE:A. TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE B. TO PROMOTE OR PROVIDE EDUCATION (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING) C. TO PROVIDE OR PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE D. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND CHILDCARE E. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY F. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN COMMUNITY CENTRES IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, AND G. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DECIDED BY THE TRUSTEES SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: HOLLINGDEAN AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES

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

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

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in a healthy state, with unrestricted reserves of £58,797 representing 13 months of running costs. The trustees consider this level of free reserves to be reasonable and above their policy target of six months' expenditure, although £10,000 has been designated for future accessibility improvements. The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit due to its gross income being below £25,000.

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.

Corporate structure

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£48k£50k
31/03/2024£53k£50k
31/03/2023£45k£63k
31/03/2022£41k£39k
31/03/2021£49k£45k

Common questions

Is HOLLINGDEAN DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in a healthy state, with unrestricted reserves of £58,797 representing 13 months of running costs. The trustees consider this level of free reserves to be reasonable and above their policy target of six months' expenditure, although £10,000 has been designated for future accessibility improvements. The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit due to its gross income being below £25,000. 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 Fund22/09/2011£7kWinter Lights in Hollingdean