The Sussex Beacon

Analysis

The Sussex Beacon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02205876). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sussex Beacon reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sussex Beacon 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Teresa's Home CIO (£1.7m), Faculty of Occupational Medicine (£1.7m) and Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 24% and donations and legacies 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £93k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £204k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.