Brighton and Hove City Mission

Analysis

Brighton and Hove City Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05521117). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brighton and Hove City Mission reported income of £380k and spending of £322k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £383k to £380k (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brighton and Hove City Mission sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unity Centre Rotherham (£380k), Smart Works (Greater Manchester) (£380k) and Divine Youth Association (£380k).