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The Circle Brighton Limited

The Circle Brighton Limited is a registered charity (number 1146117) based in Brighton, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Fash Ghiaci since 2011. Latest income £176k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as The Happy Cell (Charity Commission)

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £176k (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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
East Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
thecirclebrighton.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Circle Brighton Limited
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£176k£163k
  • 2024£207k£214k
  • 2023£279k£249k
Earlier years
  • 2022£304k£342k
  • 2021£295k£267k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ("ME"), MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ("MS"), DEPRESSION AND STRESS RELATED CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.(2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ("ME") MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ("MS"), DEPRESSION AND STRESS RELATED CONDITIONS.

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.

2 trustees on the board

14y median 14y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 2Education/training 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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

Health and social care 2Construction 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£176k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1146117
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/10/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/02/2016
Companies House
Company number 07798719 · Active
Contact on the register
01273722007 · rachel@thecirclebrighton.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th 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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