Registered charity · Brighton
Brighton & Hove Community Works
- 8 trustees
- Income £962k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Diana PenlyTrustee · since 2025
- Geoffrey David ShanksTrustee · since 2021
- Geoffrey William BrownTrustee · since 2021
- Ian Morris BretmanTrustee · since 2023
- Pamela Jean MitchellTrustee · since 2020
- Prasad SasidharanTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca Louise JarmanTrustee · since 2023
- Tamas Adam ScsaurszkiTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Brighton & Hove Community Works
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£962k£1.1m
- 2024£1.6m£1.3m
- 2023£888k£925k
Earlier years
- 2022£904k£906k
- 2021£867k£879k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 78%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.2. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
10 grants · £401,637 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £321,719 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £54,938 (2 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £24,980 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Diana Penly since 2025
- Geoffrey David Shanks since 2021
- Geoffrey William Brown since 2021
- Ian Morris Bretman since 2023
- Pamela Jean Mitchell since 2020
- Prasad Sasidharan since 2025
- Rebecca Louise Jarman since 2023
- Tamas Adam Scsaurszki since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Pamela Jean Mitchell since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Diana Penly since 2025
- Geoffrey David Shanks since 2021
- Geoffrey William Brown since 2021
- Pamela Jean Mitchell since 2020
- Prasad Sasidharan since 2025
- Rebecca Louise Jarman since 2023
- Tamas Adam Scsaurszki since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ian Morris Bretman since 2023
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087481
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/12/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/08/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/08/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17/12/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 NOV 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 03895635 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273234023 · ceo@bhcommunityworks.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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