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Sussex Emmaus

Registered charity 1053354 Registered since 1996

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 2Health and social care 1Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021

22 from 17 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.emmausbrighton.co.uk
Emailcontact@emmausbrighton.co.uk
Phone01273426473
AddressSUSSEX EMMAUS, DROVE ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2PA

Finances

£2,031,681 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,348,075£1,100,117
2022£1,614,311£1,320,021
2023£1,780,970£1,562,383
2024£1,887,913£1,735,978
2025£2,031,681£1,798,476

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE: TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS AT LOCATIONS IN SUSSEX OR SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY BE SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE CHARITY AS APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NEEDS AND AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE APPROPRIATE OR EXPEDIENT; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF POOR AND MARGINALISED PEOPLE THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS OF PUBLICITY OR EDUCATION THE CHARITY SEEMS FIT; TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE; TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN WORKERS TO SUPPORT THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/11/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/10/2012

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sussex Emmaus · 03130876 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/11/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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