Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BRIGHTONSOUP

We host community funding events to raise money for local projects. Guests pay £4, listen to 4 people pitch a community project needing funding. Guests meet people, discuss projects, eat and hear local musicial talent. Then vote for their favourite project, who gets all of the door money. It's run volunteers and all food and musical entertainment is provided free by local people and businesses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£24£15£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£8£5£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£3£7£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£10£7£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

brightonsoup.org.uk

hello@brightonsoup.org.uk

08445868182

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to BrightonSoup
£5,000 17/11/2021
12
Funding was provided for a part-time manager to co-ordinate the project.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to BrightonSoup
£4,618 17/11/2017
12
Brighton Soup is a platform for small local projects to pitch for seed-funding in a uniquely social, interactive community setting. Funding was provided for administrative support, trustee training, room hire and monitoring.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • OLIVIA CANHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Centre Manager
  • PETER ROSTRON Appointed: 2015
  • SHELLEY JANE BROWN Appointed: 2023
  • WILL ANJOS (Chair) Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2015, number: 1162898
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

BrightonSoup
Community Base
113 Queens Road
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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