PARENTS AND CARERS SUPPORT ORGANISATION (PACSO)

Registered charity 1148138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PACSO

Relieving parents and carers of children and young people having a disability, through the provision of recreational and social facilities in West Sussex

Causes: Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £96,183 for the year, driven by rising operational costs and unsuccessful funding applications. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £204,593, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of holding between three and six months of average running costs.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLARE LOUISE ELKINGTONchair
• Alison Grady
• Andrew Finnamore
• Becky Edwards
• Caroline Bucksey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Tarrant
• Chris Ward
• Elaine Pitcher

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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