Friends of Sussex Hospices

Analysis

Friends of Sussex Hospices is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Sussex Hospices reported income of £212k and spending of £206k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £173k to £212k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Sussex Hospices sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Hospital of St Cross (£212k), Home Services Support (£212k) and Electrosensitivity-Uk (£212k).