BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY MISSION

Registered charity 1111067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON AND HOVE TOWN MISSION, FORMERLY 'BRIGHTON AND HOVE TOWN MISSION' (NO. 251768) - FOUNDED 1849

BHCM IS A CHRISTIAN CITY MISSION WORKING IN LOCAL SCHOOLS (TAKING ASSEMBLIES, OFFERING CURRICULUM SUPPORT, ORGANISING PRAYER SPACES, AND TRAINING MEMBERS OF LOCAL CHURCHES TO WORK IN SCHOOLS); MINISTERING IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY (TAKING MONTHLY SERVICES AND ARRANGING 1:1 VISITS); AND OPERATING A FOOD BANK SUPPLYING EMERGENCY FOOD, BEDDING & HOMEWARES TO PEOPLE FACING DOMESTIC CRISES.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£380k

Latest spending

£322k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,210 and net assets of £256,757, including £202,304 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that these unrestricted reserves are substantially above their policy target of holding three months of expenditure. While the financial position is described as satisfactory, the trustees note that extraordinary pandemic-level giving has not been maintained and cash flow constraints have impacted food purchasing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure in unrestricted reserves (held: £202k)

“places us substantially above our reserves policy of holding three months expenditure in unrestricted reserves” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Employment benefits paid to related party

“Rebecca Cummins, who is closely related to Lloyd Cummins (who became a member of key management during 2024) received employment benefits totalling £31,340 (2024: £32,000) for her employment as Operations Manager in the charity.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighton and Hove City Mission (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sheridan Lynchchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Ian Munroe
Keith Anthony Ridge · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen John Martin Horne · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£380k	£322k
31/12/2024	£294k	£441k
31/12/2023	£366k	£413k
31/12/2022	£470k	£442k
31/12/2021	£383k	£357k

Common questions

Is BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY MISSION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,210 and net assets of £256,757, including £202,304 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that these unrestricted reserves are substantially above their policy target of holding three months of expenditure. While the financial position is described as satisfactory, the trustees note that extraordinary pandemic-level giving has not been maintained and cash flow constraints have impacted food purchasing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY MISSION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY MISSION as a grant recipient include THE ALMOND TRUST, THE ROSAZ CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2022	£10k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2025	£10k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2023	£10k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2024	£10k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ROSAZ CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
THE ROSAZ CHARITY	FY2021	£5k
THE ROSAZ CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
THE ROSAZ CHARITY	FY2023	£2k

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 IMP TRUST	1	£89k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£65k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£31k
THE PRET FOUNDATION	1	£26k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£25k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
CITY CHURCH BIRMINGHAM	1	£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION (CIO).

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION (CIO) income £750k
SHOREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £125k
BRIGHTON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, HORSHAM income £244k
BIRMINGHAM CITY MISSION income £1.4m
BRIGHTON Y M C A income £6.4m
BRIGHTON AND HOVE SEASIDE COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITED income £6.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY MISSION	£380k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION (CIO) FY2025	£750k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
SHOREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHTON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, HORSHAM FY2025	£244k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITY MISSION FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHTON Y M C A FY2025	£6.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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