Brighton Explorers Club

Analysis

Brighton Explorers Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brighton Explorers Club reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £14k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Brighton Explorers Club sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Holt Scout Group (£14k), 1st Burstow Scouts (£14k) and Scothern Recreation Centre (£14k).