AGE CONCERN HASSOCKS & DISTRICT

Registered charity 1114153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social care for the older people of Hassocks and nearby villages along the South Downs. The day centre provides a freshly cooked three-course meal each weekday and a wide range of entertainment, activities, exercise and outings. On-site services include chiropody/podiatry and hairdressing. A coffee shop and charity shop are open weekdays and Sat mornings.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND HASSOCKS & DISTRICT (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT").

Area of benefit: HASSOCKS & DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £7,765 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a deficit in unrestricted funds despite a surplus in restricted funds. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £980,560, while the charity maintains a designated emergency operations fund of £150,000 to cover potential relocation costs if the current temporary building becomes unusable.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Concern Hassocks (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ROSEchair
• Alan Jenkins
• Penelope Wadsworth
• Stephen Jump

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE.

• AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE income £183k
• AGE CONCERN EAST SUSSEX income £3.0m
• AGE CONCERN HAMPSHIRE income £1.8m
• Hockley and Hawkwell Day Centre income £139k
• AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY) income £1.8m
• AGE CONCERN BISHOP'S STORTFORD income £212k

Side by side with its peers

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