The Bexhill Caring Community

Analysis

The Bexhill Caring Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05312954). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bexhill Caring Community reported income of £117k and spending of £187k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £154k to £117k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bexhill Caring Community sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abba Father Evangelical Ministry (£117k), Methodist Asylum Project Middlesbrough (£118k) and Action Change (£117k).

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.