KNIGHT SUPPORT

Registered charity 1190776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a charity, based in Brighton and Hove, devoted to helping rough sleepers and the homelessthrough the provision of support, advocacy, clothing and self-care items.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING HOMELESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, CLOTHING, SELF-CARE ITEMS AND FURNITURE.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Knight Support held total funds of £127,319 as of 5 April 2025, representing a surplus from the year's operations. The charity's unrestricted reserves are £122,454, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000 (approximately three months of running costs). The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Knight Support (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Croager
• Simon Roy Chisholm
• Thomas David Acott · trustee of 2 other charities

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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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION.

• THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION income £688k
• KNIGHTON FREE CHURCH income £432k
• YORK CITY KNIGHTS FOUNDATION income £201k
• NAM YANG BRIGHTON income £136k
• KNIGHTSBRIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £103k
• THE ST. PAUL'S KNIGHTSBRIDGE FOUNDATION income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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