COMMUNITY, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION

Registered charity 1161466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C.A.S.E.

We run a social space, offer free refreshments/food, free clothes/books, free telephone for welfare issues, cheap/free Internet access. We offer free, professional and confidential welfare advice and representation. We also organise educational and recreational outings and events for children of disadvantaged families.

Objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONGST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ON LOW INCOMES (WHETHER DUE TO LOW WAGES, IRREGULAR EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, SICKNESS ORDISABILITIES) IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, AGE, NATIONALITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:- THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, REPRESENTATION AND SUPPORT TO THOSE ON LOW INCOMES CONCERNING WELFARE AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS.- THE PROVISION OF SMALL EMERGENCY GRANTS, FOOD, CLOTHES AND OTHER EVERYDAY NECESSITIES.- THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO OTHER SERVICES WHICH MAY COMPLEMENTOUR ADVICE AND SUPPORT.- THE ORGANISATION OF EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS FOR THOSE IN NEED IN ORDERTO BUILD CAPACITY TO OVERCOME THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS THAT CAUSE OR EXACERBATEPOVERTY THROUGH:I)THE FACILITATION OF MUTUAL SKILLS SHARING.II) THE ORGANISATION OF FREE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL OR RECREATIONAL OUTINGS, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ON LOW INCOME.III) THE ADMINISTRATION OF BOTH VOCATIONAL AND NON-VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, INCLUDING COURSES OF ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES FOR INDIVIDUALS ON LOW INCOME.IV) THE PROMOTION OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF EUROPEAN MATTERS AND CULTURE AMONGST EUROPEAN MIGRANT WORKERS, AND POTENTIAL MIGRANTS WORKERS, WHO ARE ON LOW INCOMES; BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES, AND BY FACILITATING THE MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES OF LIVING AND WORKING ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,288 for the year, causing unrestricted reserves to fall to £5,886, which is below the policy target of three months' expenditure. However, the trustees note that new grants secured shortly after the year-end are expected to stabilize the financial situation for the forthcoming two years.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN RUMNEY
• Adrianna Archer
• Ernesto Granese
• Felton Shortall · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jessica Owen
• Natalie Coomber · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pip Tindall
• Stella McHugh
• Tracey Nye

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK.

• COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK income £58k
• INDEPENDENT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES income £125k
• NE YOUTH income £1.3m
• EXETER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £549k
• TRIMSARAN FAMILY CENTRE income £43k
• COMMUNITY WELFARE SERVICES income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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