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Registered charity · East Sussex

Fresh Start Portslade

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
East Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
portsladehistory.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£21k
  • 2024£24k£24k
  • 2023£18k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£14k£14k
  • 2021£14k£16k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE (AGED 16 TO 25) THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF PAID EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING VIA THE FRESH START SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS.(B) PROVIDING PERSONAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (C) ADVANCING EDUCATION VIA WORK EXPERIENCE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, AND TRAINING FROM EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS.(D) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

Grants received

20 grants · £204,371 total

360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £103,180 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £74,728 (9 grants)
  • Sussex Community Foundation · £15,863 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,600

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £55,8802025-02-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002024-02-02
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,4762023-12-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002023-02-08
  • Sussex Community Foundation £4,9952022-11-11
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.

6 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£21k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1138648
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 JUL 2010AS AMENDED ON 18 OCT 2010AS AMENDED ON 28 SEP 2016
Contact on the register
01273 · FRESHSTARTSUSSEX@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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