Seaview Project

Analysis

Seaview Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 1996, 30 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 03249596). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Seaview Project reported income of £738k and spending of £770k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £807k to £738k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Seaview Project sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oswestry Community Action (£738k), Herongate Fitness & Wellbeing (£738k) and National Waqf Fund (£738k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 15% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £40k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.