Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SUSSEX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 

Employability, Advice & Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing, Care & Support, Community Development
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 21 years
(26 years as a company)

www.sussexcommunity.org.uk

enquiries@sussexcommunity.org.uk

01273517250

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£6,088£5,529£558£0£2,587£1,0112.263357
31/03/22£5,063£4,774£289£0£2,028£794277338
31/03/21£3,950£3,734£217£0£1,739£7402.472437
31/03/20*£4,140£3,594£546£0£1,522£587271475
31/03/19£4,730£4,883£-152£0£976£5861.494872
31/03/18£4,211£4,404£-192£0£1,128£7842.11020
31/03/17£3,821£3,903£-83£0£1,320£9472.91180
31/03/16*£3,532£3,489£43£0£1,403£1,0673.7990
31/03/15£3,446£2,914£532£20£1,360£9704840
31/03/14£2,128£2,026£102£24£828£4432.6670
31/03/13£1,464£1,544£-80£22£727£3482.7650
31/03/12£1,904£1,890£13£14£807£4112.6660
31/03/11£1,531£1,556£-25£38£793£3973.1580
31/03/10£1,268£1,111£157£28£819£4194.5450
31/03/09*£907£928£-21£26£661£3504.5320
31/03/08£1,040£1,007£33£20£548£981.2280
31/03/07*£827£960£-132£18£515£640.8270
31/03/06£1,103£1,071£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,363£822£541£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£940£1,043£-103£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 63 employees
  • 357 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£517,438
Masonic Trust£75,000
DCMS£67,999
Sussex Community Foundation£49,737
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Youth Club Music Sessions @ Newhaven Youth Centre
£9,304 27/09/2023
Youth Club Music Sessions @ Newhaven Youth Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association Ltd
£36,449 13/10/2022
Newhaven Heritage Routes
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Making Connections – group walking and cycling activities
£10,000 04/07/2022
This project will deliver 4 8-week blocks of walking and cycling activies spread across a period of one year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sompriti – Language and Links
£9,999 27/05/2022
The funding will be used to deliver English language workshops and a signposting service for people who have settled in the community to include creative and food inspired sessions where people from ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SCDA - Community Allotment Hailsham
£5,231 23/10/2021
We would like to set up peer support sessions that focus on the five ways to wellbeing. Our aim is for these sessions to continue in the future as a community led activity.
Sport England - TGC CF Women's Buggy Walks
£9,950 05/08/2021
13
This project will deliver a walking buggy group to mothers in the community.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Newhaven Young People's Forum
£5,000 16/07/2021
12
Funding was provided for the facilitation of LGBTQ+ Peer wellbeing support groups by supporting room hire, refreshments, and the funding of supporting youth workers.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£5,000 17/02/2021
SCDA builds stronger, healthier, more inclusive communities across East Sussex. A network of community centres, SCDA develops services that are driven by need and community involvement, are ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£5,000 14/10/2020
SCDA builds stronger, healthier, more inclusive communities across East Sussex. Funding is a contribution towards a Sompriti Development Worker, focussing on creating opportunities for local BAME ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£4,892 28/07/2020
SCDA builds stronger, healthier, more inclusive communities across East Sussex. Funding will support the design, production and distribution of leaflets, giving advice and information on how to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£4,975 28/07/2020
SCDA builds stronger, healthier, more inclusive communities across East Sussex. Funding will support 13 vulnerable people with complex needs and experiencing financial hardship to participate in six ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,892 27/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,975 27/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£58,132 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£4,870 15/06/2020
SCDA aims to build stronger, healthier, more inclusive communities across East Sussex. A network of community centres SCDA develops services that: are driven by need and community involvement; are ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£29,740 28/05/2020
36
This project will provide weekly play-based activity sessions for children from low income families. The activities will help to improve their communication skills, build positive relationships and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 27/12/2019
Newhaven Youth Centre
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£20,000 18/11/2019
7
Funding was provided towards the building of a new youth centre, located near Newhaven's town centre. It will support the energy efficiency, conservation and sustainability elements of the new ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association Ltd
£5,875 15/11/2019
We want to use befriending activities to bring socially isolated neighbours together, to make people smile and reduce loneliness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strength in Numbers
£497,439 24/10/2019
35
Strength in Numbers
National Lottery Community Fund - Hailsham Community Allotment
£10,000 16/10/2019
12
Hailsham Community Allotment
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£75,000 07/10/2019
Fund social activities, befriending, advice and information and peer support for lonely and isolated older people.
Co-Op Foundation - STC Enhance
£49,728 30/09/2019
Support the refurbishment of a new community centre, completing the transformation from an older people’s day-centre to a multi-purpose community asset.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA) Ltd
£30,000 19/09/2019
36
Girls Rise Above; supporting disadvantaged girls in Newhaven to break the poverty cycle, build resilience, and improve life chances
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association (formerly Newhaven CDA)
£9,864 16/03/2018
11
SCDA aims to build stronger, healthier, and more inclusive communities across East Sussex. All activities are community-led and driven by evaluation. SCDA supports partnerships between voluntary, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Food For All
£9,949 07/02/2018
12
The project will co-produce a range of cookery courses to teach referred members of the community how to cook healthy meals on a budget, and also provide workshops covering subjects such as financial ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Newhaven Young People's Centre
£499,966 18/01/2018
48
The project aims to create a safe space for young people to develop their skills, confidence and to lead healthier lives, in an environment that they can consider their own. This will be achieved ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SEL/2/7 - Let's Get Working
£1,850,006 09/11/2016
36
The funding will support a project that aims to break the cycle of inter-generational and long term benefits dependency of people with disability or long term illness by addressing each ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sussex Community Development Association
£74,947 11/10/2016
36
This project will offer support to young people from a range of disadvantaged backgrounds including children living in low-income households and children with low confidence and aspirations, using a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SEL/2/7 - Let’s Get Working: disability and health barriers
£31,450 26/04/2016
12
The funding will be used to develop a project providing support to people who are out of work and have a work-limiting disability or long-term illness. This grant will be used to develop a new ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SEL/2/8 - Let’s Get Working: mental health barriers to employment
£31,450 26/04/2016
12
The funding will be used to develop an assessment tool to allow for the community as well as GP’s, practice nurses, mental health teams and other health professionals refer individuals to the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strength in Numbers - building resilient communities in the Havens
£438,574 20/04/2016
36
This is the development of a project to support people facing issues including poor housing, financial pressures, unemployment and benefit changes. People’s needs will be assessed by trained ....more
LandAid Charitable Trust - Development grant towards new building for youth centre
£20,000 24/11/2015
11
Contribution to design and development costs of a new building: the Newhaven Youth Centre. The project includes innovative and sustainable elements, and is a collaborative community effort to design ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nurture by Nature - a healthy parenting community for Newhaven
£156,548 29/07/2015
36
The project will create a new healthy parenting community to help parents build new relationships with other parents, learn new skills and gain confidence. Activities will include short courses on a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lewes District Advice
£334,500 25/04/2013
36
The aim of this new project, evidenced through consultation and research, is to increase the channels of advice through creating a hub and spoke model of delivery, reduce costs through shared ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Newhaven Open Spaces Project
£148,280 12/01/2010
36
This new project will deliver a range of healthy living activities to people living in pockets of deprivation in Newhaven, East Sussex. Beneficiaries will be able to access informative and informal ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2002, number: 1094905
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/06/1997, number: 03387617
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR09: 19 days late, AR07: 33 days late, AR04: 37 days late,
Main office

Denton Island Community Centre
Denton Island
NEWHAVEN
BN9 9BA

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity are the promotion for the public benefit of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in East and West Sussex, including Brighton & Hove) by all or any of the following means as may be sought fit and in particular (1) the relief of poverty; (2) the relief of unemployment; (3) the advancement of education, training or retraining, and the provision of work experience particularly among unemployed people and those who by reason of their financial, cultural, social and health poverty are suffering from financial hardship or who are otherwise in charitable need; (4) the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, or business advice or consultancy in order to provide and promote training and employment opportunities for unemployed people and those who are suffering from financial hardship or who by reason of their financial, cultural, social and health deprivation are otherwise in charitable need through help: (a) in setting up their own businesses, or (b) to existing businesses; (5) the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings, and/or land for use on favourable terms; (6) the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities; (7) the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance; (8) the provision and development of recreational facilities for the public at large or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; (9) the protection or conservation of the environment; (10) the provision of public health facilities and childcare; (11) the promotion of public safety and the prevention of crime; and (12) such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior written consent of the Commission

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX

Data Sources

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