POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED

Registered charity 1114435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON AND HOVE FEDERATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE, THE FED

To promote social inclusion of disabled people in South East (1) by facilitating their involvement and participation in the planning and decision making structure of their communities, so that they can have equal rights and a voice and control over issues affecting their lives, and (2) by providing services including advice and guidance on welfare rights, health, housing and employment.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest surplus of £3,623 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,515,447 and expenditure of £1,511,824. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £218,896, providing cover for 2.2 months of unrestricted expenditure, which the Board considered adequate despite a stated policy target of three months. The charity operates a wholly owned trading subsidiary and faces ongoing financial pressures from rising costs and statutory funding uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Greater than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“1 individual's emoluments were greater than £60,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 individual's emoluments were greater than £60,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted funding (held: £219k)
“Possability People’s reserves policy is to maintain a minimum of two months’ operating expenditure with the aim of achieving at least three months of unrestricted funding as reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Possability People Trading Limited
“Possability People has a wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary, Possability People Trading Limited”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Possability People (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Possability People Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 10/04/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£275k
Employees
77

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · Buckinghamshire · East Sussex · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Kent · Oxfordshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.4m

Common questions

Is POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a modest surplus of £3,623 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,515,447 and expenditure of £1,511,824. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £218,896, providing cover for 2.2 months of unrestricted expenditure, which the Board considered adequate despite a stated policy target of three months. The charity operates a wholly owned trading subsidiary and faces ongoing financial pressures from rising costs and statutory funding uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Greater than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2026£20kAdvice Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2022£10kResponsive flexibility - Cost of living crisis
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kSafe at Home PLUS
Disability Action01/11/2020£21kNET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2019£10kSteady On
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£373kOpening Doors
UK government01/04/2019£135kWork Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2019)
UK government01/10/2018£20kWork Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2018)
UK government01/04/2018£15kJourney to Employment (J2E) grant payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2015£10kMobile IT and employability skills centre
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2010£9kSpace for Change
UK government—£70kJobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED£1.5mGreater than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£1.0m—0no_policy—no doubt
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
LEGACY IN THE COMMUNITY FY2025£342k—0unclear—no doubt
The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership FY2025£7.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
EQUALITY TOGETHER FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt

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