Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work

Analysis

Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01648903). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work reported income of £947k and spending of £1.1m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £689k to £947k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acts Trust (£946k), Ripon Community Link Company Limited (£948k) and Prayer for Israel (£945k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, charitable activities 13%, trading 9.1% and investments 8.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £309k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.