Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 8

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

SUSTAINABLE SUSSEX

Sustainable Sussex supports people who find accessing the workplace difficult through providing real-work experience and education on and around Sompting Estate. Our activities include gardening, building, carpentry, animal care, mindfulness, crafts and making value added products and selling them as part of our social enterprise Sussex Chilli Farm.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£24,840	£24,757	£83	20
31/03/22	£26,855	£14,487	£12,368	10
31/03/21	£9,397	£10,391	£-994	5
31/03/20	£16,800	£18,903	£-2,103	26

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

http://www.sustainablesussex.org

keith@sustainablesussex.org

07598411428

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sustainable Sussex
£4,777	31/07/2023	Funding was provided towards the construction of a poly tunnel.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainable Sussex - The Fen Farm Community Wellbeing Project
£9,420	26/05/2023	The funding will be used to improve the resources of a community farm to continue and expand their services. This project aims to improve wellbeing and support community bonds.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sustainable Sussex
£9,495	20/03/2023 3	Funding was provided for the Fen Community Farm and market garden project, for a polytunnel and forest garden development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Farm Preparation and Covid Community Engagement
£9,955	23/04/2021	The group will use the funding to develop a community farm and nature trail. This will improve the local environment for people to use and get outdoors.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

KEITH LAWRENCE COLIN Appointed: 2019

LIANE WEBB (Chair) Appointed: 2019

RUTH ELIZABETH KENWARD Appointed: 2021

GERARD NOEL JAMES CRONIN Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: SOUTH DOWNS LEISURE,

MICHAEL GUY TRISTRAM Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: FRIENDS OF BINSTED CHURCH, THE FRIENDS OF SOMPTING CHURCH, SUSSEX TRADITIONS, ARUN COUNTRYSIDE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH LANCING AND SOMPTING,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2019, number: 1182997

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Sompting Estate Office
Lambleys Lane
WORTHING
BN14 9JX

Objectives

3.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE COUNTIES OF WEST SUSSEX AND EAST SUSSEX FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:1) PROVIDING SUPPORTED VOLUNTEERING, REAL-WORK EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; AND2) DELIVERING SUCH SERVICES IN WAYS WHICH ENHANCE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE.3.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOTMEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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