Sussex Rural Community Council

Analysis

Sussex Rural Community Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02907172). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sussex Rural Community Council reported income of £554k and spending of £563k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £517k to £554k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sussex Rural Community Council sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newark Youth London Limited (£554k), Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK Ltd (£554k) and The Ofenheim Charitable Trust (£554k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.