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Memory Lane-Eastbourne

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1163541East SussexGrant-making and general purposes
Income£16k2025-04-05
Spending£21ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Memory Lane-Eastbourne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Memory Lane-Eastbourne reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £38k to £16k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Memory Lane-Eastbourne sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Eversley Charitable Trust (£16k), Rotary Club of Norwich St Edmund Charitable Trust Fund (£16k) and Alstonefield Village Hall Committee (£16k).

Income and spending

£0£9,461£19k£28k£38k2021 Income: £37,8432021 Spending: £27,78120212022 Income: £18,1312022 Spending: £33,52820222023 Income: £29,7302023 Spending: £28,38820232024 Income: £15,7402024 Spending: £16,02220242025 Income: £15,8592025 Spending: £21,0242025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We provide social activities for people with dementia and their carers. Operating in Eastbourne and the surrounding areas. At present including singing, games, cinema, coffee morning, indoor bowls, digital friends and an allotment group.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Eversley Charitable TrustLondon£16k
Rotary Club of Norwich St Edmund Charitable Trust FundNorwich£16k
Alstonefield Village Hall CommitteeStaffordshire£16k
Waddingham Village HallLincolnshire£16k