Fresh Start Portslade

Analysis

Fresh Start Portslade is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Fresh Start Portslade reported income of £21k and spending of £21k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £21k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Fresh Start Portslade sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Business Archives Council (£21k), Friends of Steep Church (£21k) and The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited (£21k).