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.

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Latest income
£433k
Latest spending
£454k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £86k; policy: four months operating costs (currently approximately £124,851))
At the end of the financial year, the level of freely available reserves stood at £85,991 (2023/2024: £96,525), equivalent to 2.8 months.
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 — Relationships Sussex (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£521k
Total spending
£517k
Cost of raising funds
£81k
Reserves (reported)
£123k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£433k£454k
31/03/2024£521k£517k
31/03/2023£463k£449k
31/03/2022£381k£387k
31/03/2021£323k£321k

Common questions

Is Relationships Sussex financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£9kCounselling & support for people affected by the Covid-19 crisis

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
MISSION441£440k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£311k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST1£5k
LANGDALE TRUST1£4k
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Relationships Sussex£433k0belowno doubt
The Relationships Centre Leicestershire FY2025£1.4m0aboveno doubt
Surrey Counselling and Mediation FY2025£332k0belowno doubt
Relationship Works FY2025£877k0aboveno doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k0unclearno doubt
The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership FY2025£7.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt

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