The Sussex Police Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sussex Police Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in January 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sussex Police Charitable Trust reported income of £209k and spending of £276k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £195k to £209k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, The Sussex Police Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Droitwich Spa and Rural Council for Voluntary Service (£209k), C a Redfern Charitable Foundation (£209k) and The Public Interest Foundation (£209k).

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.