EAST SUSSEX VETERANS HUB

Registered charity 1183583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 99/100 GROUP

East Sussex Veterans Hub 99/100 Group (ESVH) is a volunteer-based organisation offering a unique, comprehensive support package for veterans of HM Forces, particularly those with welfare, mental-ill health and PTSD, ex-offenders and alcohol or substance misuse issues. It is based in Hastings and provides an open office, a drop-in facility and special interest group meetings and activities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY AND CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH: A) THE PROVISION OF NON-CLINICAL HUMAN RESOURCE SUPPORT; B) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON ISSUES CONCERNING THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, WELLBEING AND COPING STRATEGIES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, PRE AND POST CLINICAL THERAPIES, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; C) TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS AS APPROPRIATE TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £121,795 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in total funds from £145,961 to £24,166. The trustees note that while engagement with East Sussex County Council decreased, the charity's credibility continued to strengthen, and funds allowed it to maintain core services. The filing indicates that staff positions will be discontinued as contracts end, and the charity is pursuing further funding for accommodation projects.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Stonestreetchair
• Karen Sleat
• Patricia Stonestreet
• Rev Paul Parks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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