THE TRUST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES
Registered charity 1106623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We are a charity tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove through community-led solutions.We deliver community development work, youth work, research and training.Community-led solutions produce longer lasting and more meaningful change. When we connect people, organisations and communities this maximises our resources and improves our well-being.
Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased to £2,253,530 from £2,530,692 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing resource position of £56,254. Despite this drop, unrestricted reserves stood at £531,049, which the trustees report is 99% of their stated three-month reserves target of £537,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue at full operational capacity for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of organisational costs (held: £531k)
“the Trustees set the reserves target to hold the appropriate funding to cover: the charity’s organisational costs for three months – including staffing and central services costs and a sum for legal and redundancy costs in the case of closure. The figure represented by this reserves target at year end is £537,000” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant paid to DueEast Brighton, where Trustee Patrick McKenna is a trustee
“During the period 10 September 2024 to 31 March 2025 the Charity gave a £2,000 grant to DueEast Brighton, a charity where Mr McKenna also serves as a trustee.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE TRUST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £2,253,530 from £2,530,692 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing resource position of £56,254. Despite this drop, unrestricted reserves stood at £531,049, which the trustees report is 99% of their stated three-month reserves target of £537,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue at full operational capacity for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves LLP.
Who funds THE TRUST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TRUST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES as a grant recipient include THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.
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