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THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1113226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sussex Community Foundation:1. Raises funds to improve quality of life in East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove2. Provides services for people and companies wishing to donate to their local community3. Is building a permanent capital fund for good causes across Sussex4. Gives grants to charities and community groups in East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £717,834 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £281,097, which is above the stated policy lower threshold of three months of operating expenditure. The charity noted challenging fundraising conditions and has implemented staff reductions to manage costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants totalling £5,000 were awarded to Diversity Resource International of which M Ghebreweldi is a Director.
“Grants totalling £5,000 were awarded to Diversity Resource International of which M Ghebreweldi is a Director.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

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

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£163k
Reserves (reported)
£281k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.6m£4.2m
31/03/2024£4.1m£4.0m
31/03/2023£4.3m£4.7m
31/03/2022£3.5m£5.5m
31/03/2021£4.9m£5.7m

Common questions

Is THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £717,834 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £281,097, which is above the stated policy lower threshold of three months of operating expenditure. The charity noted challenging fundraising conditions and has implemented staff reductions to manage costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE LYNN FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, OPTIGENE FOUNDATION, THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, CULLUM FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LYNN FOUNDATIONFY2022£6.2m
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£500kMatch funding grants
OPTIGENE FOUNDATIONFY2025£238k
THE LYNN FOUNDATIONFY2023£200k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£200k
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£150kLocal projects
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2025£145kLocal projects nominated by the Foundation
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2023£100kLocal projects nominated by the Foundation
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£100k
THE LYNN FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£39kCost of Living Fund
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25kReaching Potential Fund
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25kReaching Potential Fund
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2023£20kCommunity & Educational Institutions
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kEstate Fund
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kGrant
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kYouth
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2025£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2022£3k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUSTFY2024£2k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2025£2k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE AMATEURS TRUST2£211k
THE PARGITER TRUST1£400k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£312k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY1£250k
THE JABBS FOUNDATION1£210k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION1£133k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION1£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£3.6m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£6.8m£90,000 - £99,9991within—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£656k£60,001 - £70,0001within12.8%no doubt
Sussex Community NHS Charity FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3mOver £60,0001unclear5.3%no doubt

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