THE BRIGHTON TRUST

Registered charity 1168754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRUST4UNPOPULAR CAUSES

makes small grants to grass roots organisations that seek to challenge injustices - provide help to students from a refugee background in Brighton and Hove

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE:A. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.B. PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.C. WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION.D. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.E. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.4. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE SMALL GRANTS FOR STUDENTS IN FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION WHO ARE PARTICULARLY DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF POVERTY OR OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES.5. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN:• OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;• RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;• RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE GRANT AIDED SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.6. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS OR ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD.IT IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITIES TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OBJECT OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WHERE APPROPRIATE. 7. TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS OR ORGANISATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR DISCRETION MAKE GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE NOT BASED IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE, IN PARTICULAR GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN EAST AND WEST SUSSEX BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SO.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £19,690 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £96,106 and expenditure of £76,416. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £32,926, with £33,698 added to reserves during the period. The trustees describe the year as extremely successful, noting significant increases in both income and expenditure compared to the previous year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BILL NORTHchair
• ANDY RICHARDS
• Liz Bradley
• Matt Webb
• Nimi Hoffmann
• VAL CANE
• tony greenstein

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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