Hillcrest Community Partnership

Analysis

Hillcrest Community Partnership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11354408). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hillcrest Community Partnership reported income of £129k and spending of £174k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £129k (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hillcrest Community Partnership sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seret International Limited (£129k), Noel Coward Archive Trust (£129k) and Ealing Symphony Orchestra (£129k).

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.