BRIGHTON AND HOVE SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 287516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RESOURCE CENTRE

Our main object is to promote voluntary and community activity within Brighton & Hove by providing support to community organisations, in particular to smaller organisations. This comprises Equipment services (Reprographics and Equipment for Meetings & Events), an Information service, and a Special Support service, including financial management support.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON AND HOVE

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

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Latest income
£214k
Latest spending
£200k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £14,436 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £104,252. The trustees confirm that free reserves are sufficient to cover the current year's deficit and express confidence in mitigating financial risks through strong local support and renewed council funding. Per the trustees' report, the charity is operating as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month’s regular revenue expenditure (held: £104k)
“We have an agreed a policy of holding a designated reserve to the value of one month’s regular revenue expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£214k£200k
31/03/2024£199k£217k
31/03/2023£206k£208k
31/03/2022£216k£208k
31/03/2021£277k£220k

Common questions

Is BRIGHTON AND HOVE SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £14,436 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £104,252. The trustees confirm that free reserves are sufficient to cover the current year's deficit and express confidence in mitigating financial risks through strong local support and renewed council funding. Per the trustees' report, the charity is operating as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2022£10kSupporting community activists
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2014£10kConnecting communities: bringing people together through local events
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2009£307kFinancial Management Support Project for Brighton & Hove