EDUCATION TRAINING CONSORTIUM SUSSEX

Registered charity 1147918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ETC SUSSEX

The charity provides:Free computer access to disadvantaged groups at various centres in the area .Regular groups attending the centre include clients with Prader Willi Syndrome and people in recovery from mental ill health. Day services for people with dementia in Hastings and Rye.Support for people in food povertyESOL for Asylum seekers and refugees.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£593k
Latest spending
£594k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £1,118 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £293,434. The trustees believe this reserve level is prudent and sufficient to cover liabilities if income ceased. The charity is currently in the process of merging into another charitable organisation, planned for April 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 16
“During the accounting period Education Training Consortium Sussex received grants totalling £36,000 from Sussex Housing Trust for the Elderly; a charity which has three mutual Trustees. It also received grants totalling £10,000 from Hastings Area Community Trust; a charity which has one mutual trustee.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income
£593k
Total spending
£594k
Reserves (reported)
£293k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£593k£594k
31/03/2024£541k£506k
31/03/2023£447k£398k
31/03/2022£360k£307k
31/03/2021£271k£226k

Common questions

Is EDUCATION TRAINING CONSORTIUM SUSSEX financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £1,118 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £293,434. The trustees believe this reserve level is prudent and sufficient to cover liabilities if income ceased. The charity is currently in the process of merging into another charitable organisation, planned for April 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EDUCATION TRAINING CONSORTIUM SUSSEX?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDUCATION TRAINING CONSORTIUM SUSSEX as a grant recipient include THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2021£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2024£20kESOL for Refugees
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2022£10kCommunity English
UK government24/08/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2014£10kComputer Upgrade
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2009£10kEmpowering People