ST JAMES' TRUST (SEAFORD)

Registered charity 1106913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Services for the elderly and disabled in Seaford and surrounding areas.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£111k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,229 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £111,224 and expenditure of £112,453. Unrestricted reserves stood at £111,401, which the trustees note is above their policy target of retaining the equivalent of 12 months of unrestricted expenditure (£87,263). The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months expenditure (held: £111k)
The reserves policy of the Trust is that it should retain within the unrestricted fund - the equivalent of 12 months expenditure on that fund. — 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £167k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£111k£112k
31/03/2024£116k£116k
31/03/2023£100k£90k
31/03/2022£141k£105k
31/03/2021£171k£109k

Common questions

Is ST JAMES' TRUST (SEAFORD) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,229 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £111,224 and expenditure of £112,453. Unrestricted reserves stood at £111,401, which the trustees note is above their policy target of retaining the equivalent of 12 months of unrestricted expenditure (£87,263). The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government25/06/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£10kOutreach and Activities Co-ordinator
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2005£500Purchase of wheelchair accessable minibus

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JOHNSON TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST JAMES' TRUST (SEAFORD)£111k0unclearno doubt
THE JOHNSON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£23.2mbelowno doubt
SEAFORD COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024£129k0unclearno doubt
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES AND SAINT EDMUND, BURY ST EDMUNDS FY2025£2.7m0belowno doubt
THE SOUTHEND ON SEA DARBY AND JOAN ORGANISATION LIMITED FY2025£1.2m0unclearno doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025£519k0unclearno doubt

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