SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED

Registered charity 1132386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sussex Nightstop Plus recruit, train and coordinate a body of volunteer hosts from the local community to provide emergency short-term accommodation for those aged 16 years and above who are at risk of rough-sleeping, with a current emphasis on the 16-25 age group. Working with trusted local referral agencies and partners we offer a safe place to stay whilst a safer longer-term home is found.

Objects

Sussex Nightstop’s purpose is to relieve the need, hardship or distress of those in housing need by enabling a community led response to homelessness for the public benefit of individuals across Sussex - in particular, but not exclusively, through the provision of safe night-by-night accommodation, longer term accommodation and support.

Area of benefit: SUSSEX

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£194k
Latest spending
£203k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Sussex Nightstop reported a small deficit of £8,447 for the year ending June 2025, reducing its total reserves to £153,833. This figure is well above the Board-approved designated reserve minimum of £40,000, indicating the charity remains in a position of financial strength despite a challenging fundraising environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Unrestricted Grants (40% of income)
“Unrestricted Grants, 77,830.00, 40%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £40,000 (reserves figure: £154k)
“well above the Board approved designated reserve minimum of £40,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £26,364 — grants £26,364 (2); 14% of the £194,335 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 52
  • Government income: £27,006 — grants £27,006 (2); 11% of the £250,907 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 54
  • Government income: £26,368 — grants £26,368 (2); 18% of the £143,765 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Nightstop Plus (matched by registered charity number).

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
30/06/2025£194k£203k
30/06/2024£251k£167k
30/06/2023£144k£140k
30/06/2022£68k£125k
30/06/2021£171k£123k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Sussex Nightstop reported a small deficit of £8,447 for the year ending June 2025, reducing its total reserves to £153,833. This figure is well above the Board-approved designated reserve minimum of £40,000, indicating the charity remains in a position of financial strength despite a challenging fundraising environment.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2026£20kHelping homeless young people in Brighton and Hove
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2023£20kEmergency shelter for young people experiencing homelessness
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£22kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2022£10kSleeping safe – a safe night every night
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2020£10kRecovering from COVID-19
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2012£6kHost promotional project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2010£3kSussex Nightstop Plus Volunteer Trial

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 GLOUCESTERSHIRE NIGHTSTOP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED£194k—0above—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE NIGHTSTOP FY2026£287k—0unclear—no doubt
REDDITCH NIGHTSTOP FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt
SAFE AND SOUND HOMES FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear47.3%no doubt
BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP FY2025£130k—0above—no doubt
NIGHTSAFE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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