SPEAR BRIGHTON TRUST

Registered charity 1179174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Spear inspires and helps unemployed young people overcome disadvantage by focusing on the key issues that help them to succeed in work: attitude, confidence and qualification. 1) Spear Foundation, involves 90 hours of face-to-face coaching over six weeks and 2) Spear Career lasts a year and provides mentorship and coaching in finding and staying in work.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 LIVING IN AND AROUND BRIGHTON & HOVE BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE ADVANCE IN LIFE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT, ENABLING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF SUFFICIENT;D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 entered the financial year with £62,867 in cash reserves, which exceeded its stated policy target of £50,000. However, total expenditure of £159,305 significantly exceeded total income of £121,512, resulting in a deficit of £37,793 for the year. The trustees note that this deficit did not impact operations due to the stable reserve position at the start of the 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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Humphreys
• Ian Coldrick
• James Amner
• LESLIE TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Leaf
• Rev Daniel Millest · trustee of 4 other charities
• Sarah Taylor

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• Rev Daniel Millest — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIGHTON, ST PETER

Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST.

• SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST income £101k
• RESURGO TRUST income £3.2m
• SPEAR BRISTOL income £270k
• BOURNEMOUTH SPEAR TRUST income £114k
• THE LIGHTHOUSE LONDON COMMUNITY TRUST income £216k
• THE SPRINGBOARD CHARITY income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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