SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORY GROUP

Registered charity 273726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SFHG offers encouragement, help and advice to all. 4 meeting centres with monthly meetings at Brighton & Hove, Horsham, Uckfield, Worthing. SFHG library at Falmer nr Lewes. Website and magazine. E-newsletter "Surelye", e-mailing list. Annual conference. Transcriptions, indexes, databases, CDs etc. from [email protected]. Bookstall at events.

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Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,268 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds held at £243,012. The trustees' policy is to hold funds in excess of one year's expenditure, a target which the charity currently meets. The filing notes that the charity relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than one year's expenditure (held: £243k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to hold funds more than one year’s expenditure.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael John Victor Izzardchair
Kathleen Edith Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
MR DAVE WICKS
Patricia Lesley Rose Orr
Stanley Alan Bernard
Steven Charles Traviss
Susan Ann Burgess · trustee of 1 other charity
Vee Willis

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£49k	£50k
31/12/2023	£57k	£66k
31/12/2022	£60k	£55k
31/12/2021	£66k	£45k
31/12/2020	£58k	£46k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,268 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds held at £243,012. The trustees' policy is to hold funds in excess of one year's expenditure, a target which the charity currently meets. The filing notes that the charity relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2000	£2k	"This group encourages the study of family history and collects and publishes documents relating to this. They will hold a family history day"