Spear Brighton Trust

Analysis

Spear Brighton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Spear Brighton Trust reported income of £122k and spending of £159k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £170k to £122k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Spear Brighton Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volunteer Link-Up (West Oxfordshire) (£121k), Pop Essex (£122k) and Wilmslow Youth (£121k).

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.