Brighton & Hove Community Works

Analysis

Brighton & Hove Community Works is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03895635). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brighton & Hove Community Works reported income of £962k and spending of £1.1m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £867k to £962k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Brighton & Hove Community Works sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service (£962k), Hastings Voluntary Action (£963k) and Burmantofts Community Projects (£961k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and trading 4.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £135k. Reserves of £132k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.