Registered charity · Brighton
Amaze
Amaze is a registered charity (number 1078094) based in Brighton, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alexander James TindalTrustee · since 2024
- Alison Michelle PlantTrustee · since 2018
- Amanda SandersonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Diana Charlotte BoydTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Grainne SaundersTrustee · since 2026
- Eleanor ClarkeTrustee · since 2024
- Eliph HadertTrustee · since 2023
- Jennifer Clare PreeceTrustee · since 2024
- Joshua Arnold-JenkinsTrustee · since 2024
- Mohammad HamdhaidariTrustee · since 2019
- Sally BensonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.amazesussex.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Amaze Brighton and Hove
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.7m
- 2024£1.6m£1.6m
- 2023£1.4m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.1m
- 2021£1.2m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 72%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF, AND RELIEVE POVERTY FOR, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THEM AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS.
Grants received
24 grants · £1,265,569 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Henry Smith Foundation · £489,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £336,737 (4 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £150,000
- Sport England · £78,761
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Alexander James Tindal since 2024
- Alison Michelle Plant since 2018
- Amanda Sanderson since 2025
- Dr Diana Charlotte Boyd since 2023
- Dr Grainne Saunders since 2026
- Eleanor Clarke since 2024
- Eliph Hadert since 2023
- Jennifer Clare Preece since 2024
- Joshua Arnold-Jenkins since 2024
- Mohammad Hamdhaidari since 2019
- Sally Benson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Michelle Plant since 2018
- Mohammad Hamdhaidari since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alison Michelle Plant since 2018
- Dr Diana Charlotte Boyd since 2023
- Dr Grainne Saunders since 2026
- Eleanor Clarke since 2024
- Eliph Hadert since 2023
- Jennifer Clare Preece since 2024
- Joshua Arnold-Jenkins since 2024
- Mohammad Hamdhaidari since 2019
- Sally Benson since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Alexander James Tindal since 2024
- Amanda Sanderson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1078094
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/10/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 NOV 2023 as amended on 19 Nov 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03818021 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273234020 · info@amazesussex.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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