Downs View Life Skills College

Analysis

Downs View Life Skills College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11073037). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Downs View Life Skills College reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Downs View Life Skills College sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Future Frontiers (£1.4m), CLSG Bursary and Awards Fund (£1.4m) and London School of Osteopathy (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £27k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate.