SUSSEX PRISONERS' FAMILIES

Registered charity 1203605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUSSEX PRISONERS' FAMILIES CIC

We support family members of people who are facing imprisonment, imprisoned or leaving prison by offering advice, advocacy, information and emotional support; signposting to other appropriate organisations when appropriate and providing training, information and resources to professionals who work with prisoners' families.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING IMPRISONMENT, IMPRISONED OR LEAVING PRISON, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:A) HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM;B) OFFERING ADVICE, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT;C) SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER APPROPRIATE ORGANISATIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE;D) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT OF ISSUES FACED BY DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS TO IMPROVE THE SUPPORT/SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worthing, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,165 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £263,167. Unrestricted reserves stood at £17,486, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of holding six months of running costs. The charity relies heavily on restricted grant funding, which constituted the vast majority of its income.

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
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Prisoners' Families (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Margaret Bauermeisterchair
• Christopher John Metters
• MICHEL EMILE OLSZEWSKI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marie Collins
• Michele Lahey

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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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP.

• PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP income £2.1m
• SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE income £263k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE income £625k
• FOUNDATIONS: SUPPORTING FAMILIES income £336k
• FAMILIES RELIEF income £458k

Side by side with its peers

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