SUSSEX GREEN LIVING

Registered charity 1189569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SGL

Sussex Green Living is a multi-award winning charity offering climate mitigation solutions. Mentoring & educating schools, public, businesses, councils, inspiring action on climate, nature & social justice. Outreach includes Repair Cafes, Youth Eco Forum, pop-up Climate Hub, engagement using our retrofitted 1974 milk float & 28 plastic recycling drop off locations, uniting and empowering networks

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£80k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £42,314 against a stated policy target of maintaining less than £3,500 for immediate operating needs. Per the trustees' report, the financial year was a record for income, allowing the charity to maintain staff and contract educators, with the trustees expressing confidence in the organization's future financial state.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: less than £3,500 (held: £42k)

“Our policy is to maintain appropriate reserves to cover our immediate operating needs which, at any one time, are normally less than £3,500.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Sussex Green Living: Get out for the Big Butterfly Count sussexexpress.co.uk · 02/07/2026

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery — “Sussex Green Living, thanks to a National Lottery grant, has started a Growing Hub where people can find everything they need to start growi…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Lorraine Bennett-Runtonchair
Hamish McDermid
John Preston
Liz Thorns
Sheila Humphreys

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£80k	£51k
31/03/2024	£37k	£39k
31/03/2023	£45k	£42k
31/03/2022	£35k	£23k
31/03/2021	£29k	£24k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX GREEN LIVING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £42,314 against a stated policy target of maintaining less than £3,500 for immediate operating needs. Per the trustees' report, the financial year was a record for income, allowing the charity to maintain staff and contract educators, with the trustees expressing confidence in the organization's future financial state. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUSSEX GREEN LIVING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSSEX GREEN LIVING as a grant recipient include W F SOUTHALL TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Peace and Reconciliation
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2025	£15k	Repair and Share in Horsham