East Sussex Foster Care Association

Analysis

East Sussex Foster Care Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04216137). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Sussex Foster Care Association reported income of £43k and spending of £44k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £42k to £43k (+3.0%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, East Sussex Foster Care Association sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends Assocation of Great Chart Primary School (£43k), 1st Garlinge Scout Group (£43k) and Cylch Meithrin Pontrobert (£43k).

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.