SUSSEX STEEL

Registered charity 1160159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sussex Steel provides education in the art of steelpan for all, through workshops, tuition and performances.

Objects

PROMOTION OF THE ART OF STEELPAN MUSIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an operating surplus of over £13k, driven by increased player subscriptions and a successful anniversary concert. The trustees report unrestricted funds of £21k at year-end and are confident that current funding levels are sufficient to continue operations in accordance with the charity's objectives.

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.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANE ACOTTchair
• Alexander Bajjon
• Colin Hawes
• Luke Michael Acott
• MARY ELIZABETH KLANCZKOWSKI
• Sue Jane Searles

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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