Community Transport Sussex

Analysis

Community Transport Sussex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Transport Sussex reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.2m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Community Transport Sussex sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edward Gostling Foundation (£2.2m), KFC Foundation (£2.2m) and Active Partners Trust (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and donations and legacies 14%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £32k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 131 people.

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.