ESTEEM
Registered charity 1187128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
ESTEEM is a charity which offers young adults aged 14-26 opportunities to develop confidence, build life-skills and improve well-being. ESTEEM has recently incorporated to become a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Please refer to ESTEEM's former Registered Charity Number 1058540 for our charitable history, 1995-2020 where we operated our services as an unincorporated organisation.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,592 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £543,398 and total expenditure of £541,806. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £135,469, which is below the medium-term policy target of three months of operational costs but is considered sufficient given secured funding.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £135k; policy: three months of operational costs)
“While this remains below the medium-term goal, the trustees consider this level sufficient”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Esteem (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£43k
Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anne Rathbone
- Nathan Bourne
- Nigel Lecky
- Paul Hudson
- Siobhan O'Dowd
- Susan Dickson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ESTEEM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,592 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £543,398 and total expenditure of £541,806. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £135,469, which is below the medium-term policy target of three months of operational costs but is considered sufficient given secured funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ESTEEM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ESTEEM as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, CHK Foundation, THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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