Relationships Sussex

Registered charity 1115012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELATE NORTH AND SOUTH WEST SUSSEX, RELATE NORTH AND WEST SUSSEX, Relate West Sussex

(1) To educate the public concerning the benefits of secure couple relationships in various ways. (2) To promote research into all aspects of couple relationships. (3) To seek to enhance the good health of adults and children by increasing public awareness of the benefit of committed couple relationships.

Objects

4.(A) THE OBJECTS OF THE CENTRE ARE:4.1 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE BENEFITS OF SECURE COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS DERIVED FROM COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS;4.2 TO SEEK TO ENHANCE, THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN BY:4.2.1 INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE BENEFIT OF COMMITTED COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY LIFE; AND 4.2.2 WORKING TO PREVENT POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS;4.3 TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING, ADVICE, EDUCATION, GUIDANCE AND RELIEF TO ADULTS AND/OR CHILDREN IN RELATION TO ANY ASPECT OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE OR WORK WHICH:4.3.1 MAY PREJUDICE THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELL BEING; OR4.3.2 INFLUENCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THEIR PRESENT OR FUTURE FAMILY OR COUPLE RELATIONSHIP; 4.4 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND4.5 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ALL OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND TO MAKE THE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WEST SUSSEX

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

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Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £20,976, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £85,991. This level of free reserves is below the trustees' stated policy target of four months' operating costs (approximately £124,851), representing 2.8 months of expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05776865

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Relationships Sussex (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.

• TAWS, Kevin John — director, appointed 02/01/2026on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/03/2024on trustee list
• PEARMAN, Adam — director, appointed 16/05/2023on trustee list
• SKYRME, Eamonn Sean, Mr. — director, appointed 17/11/2020on trustee list
• BARBER, Judith Mary — director, appointed 29/04/2019on trustee list
• HODGES, Robert Ian — director, appointed 03/12/2018not on trustee list
• SIMMONS, Rosalind Ann — director, appointed 28/09/2017not on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Lisa Nicole — secretary, appointed 28/05/2019

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 15.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Pearman
• Eamonn Skyrme
• Elizabeth Williams
• Judith Barber
• Kevin Taws
• ROBERT HODGETTS
• Ros Simmons

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Relationships Centre Leicestershire.

• The Relationships Centre Leicestershire income £1.4m
• Surrey Counselling and Mediation income £332k
• RELATIONSHIPS MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT income £82k
• Relationships Plymouth income £71k
• CRANE QUALITY COUNSELLING income £187k
• ROCHDALE CONNECTIONS TRUST income £618k

Side by side with its peers

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