Hastings Area Community Trust

Analysis

Hastings Area Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2026, Hastings Area Community Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £107k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £90k to £102k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hastings Area Community Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust (£102k), Celestial Church of Christ Living Word Ministries (£102k) and Charlesworth Independent Chapel (£102k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.