HASTINGS AND ST LEONARDS FORESHORE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1105649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Set out in Trustee's report and financial statements for 2010/11 submitted in October 2011

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Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £249,353 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,960,095. The accounts received a qualified audit opinion because the auditors could not verify source transaction data maintained by the sole trustee, Hastings Borough Council. Despite this qualification, the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: A special responsibility allowance of £6,945 was paid to the Chair of the Charity Committee.

“A special responsibility allowance of £6,945 (2023/24 £6,945) was paid to the Chair of the Charity Committee and this is shown as Governance costs in the accounts.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Recharges from Hastings Borough Council for administrative, financial, and property management services.

“During the year ended 31 March 2025, recharges from Hastings Borough Council amounted to £58,230 (2024: £58,230).” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Manningtons. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£1.6m
31/03/2024	£1.7m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£1.0m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is HASTINGS AND ST LEONARDS FORESHORE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £249,353 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,960,095. The accounts received a qualified audit opinion because the auditors could not verify source transaction data maintained by the sole trustee, Hastings Borough Council. Despite this qualification, the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Manningtons.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL PRESCRIBING	1	£152k
LOCAL TRUST	1	£73k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£21k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS income £784k
HASTINGS VOLUNTARY ACTION income £963k
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER income £8.0m
CALVARY CHAPEL HASTINGS LIMITED income £124k
HASTINGS AREA COMMUNITY TRUST income £102k
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION income £339k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HASTINGS AND ST LEONARDS FORESHORE CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS FY2024	£784k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HASTINGS VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2026	£963k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER FY2025	£8.0m	£110,000 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CALVARY CHAPEL HASTINGS LIMITED FY2025	£124k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HASTINGS AREA COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026	£102k	—	0	below	—	noted

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