Sussex Record Society

Analysis

Sussex Record Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newhaven. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sussex Record Society reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,505 to £12k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sussex Record Society sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torfaen Male Choir (CÔR Meibion Torfaen) (£12k), The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (Birmingham) (£12k) and Djanogly Community Orchestra (£12k).

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.