Sussex Interpreting Services

Analysis

Sussex Interpreting Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03893084). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sussex Interpreting Services reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £769k to £1.6m (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Interpreting Services sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carefree Cornwall (£1.6m), Links International (£1.6m) and Imdadul Muslimeen (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £97k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.