Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 4

SUSSEX RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Reducing the incidence and impact of disadvantage and poverty on people living in rural areas, increasing the capacity of rural communities to manage change for the benefit of all their members, informing and amplifying the voice of rural communities to influence public policy

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 and a Community Foundation
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 30 years

www.ruralsussex.org.uk

info@ruralsussex.org.uk

01273473422

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£413	£444	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£537	£590	£-53	£0	£1,725	£1,677	34.1	12	0
31/03/21		£517	£595	£-78	£0	£1,778	£1,804	36.4	12	0
31/03/20		£632	£549	£83	£0	£1,856	£1,735	37.9	15	5
31/03/19		£1,864	£658	£1,207	£0	£1,757	£1,651	30.1	14	0
31/03/18		£619	£661	£-42	£0	£579	£567	10.3	12	0
31/03/17		£608	£712	£-104	£68	£607	£577	9.7	13	0
31/03/16		£1,045	£982	£63	£0	£697	£684	8.4	22	0
31/03/15		£1,109	£1,112	£-3	£40	£625	£595	6.4	24	0
31/03/14		£1,375	£1,242	£133	£35	£615	£541	5.2	28	0
31/03/13		£1,288	£1,473	£-185	£43	£440	£375	3.1	35	0
31/03/12	*	£1,438	£1,675	£-237	£45	£829	£771	5.5	36	0
31/03/11		£1,870	£1,866	£5	£42	£1,066	£893	5.7	43	0
31/03/10		£2,061	£2,043	£18	£36	£1,061	£769	4.5	41	0
31/03/09		£2,143	£2,226	£-83	£65	£1,043	£717	3.9	40	0
31/03/08		£3,458	£3,722	£-264	£37	£1,126	£731	2.4	54	0
31/03/07		£3,584	£3,490	£94	£36	£1,390	£636	2.2	53	0
31/03/06		£3,547	£3,197	£350	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£2,566	£2,843	£-277	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,261	£1,891	£371	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

East Sussex, West Sussex,

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 Sussex Rural Community Council T/A Action in Rural Sussex
£9,980	14/07/2017 11	Action in rural Sussex was established in 1931 as Sussex Rural Community Council. Funding was provided towards a COPES worker for 1 day a week. This person will deliver individual and group sessions ....more Action in rural Sussex was established in 1931 as Sussex Rural Community Council. Funding was provided towards a COPES worker for 1 day a week. This person will deliver individual and group sessions to help targeted young people address and manage anxiety.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sussex Village Action Plus - communities addressing social isolation
£347,938	03/05/2017 36	This group aims to develop a project which aims to provide Village Agents who will support and enable local people to deal with local needs by building on their existing skills and strengths. They ....more This group aims to develop a project which aims to provide Village Agents who will support and enable local people to deal with local needs by building on their existing skills and strengths. They will provide toolkits and how to guides and training, networking and peer support will be delivered locally, based on their needs and interests. This will help with improving skills and will develop a sustainable network of peer learning, linking volunteers from different villages to share their knowledge.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77

COLIN BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Operations Director

KRISTIN MARINA SJOVORR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Government Administration

MAJOR GENERAL JOHN MOORE-BICK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Major General

OWEN INGRAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

WILLIAM ANDERSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1994, number: 1035401
Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1994, number: 02907172

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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; AR22: 14 days late, AR12: 2 days late,

Main office

16 Market Street
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 2NB

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND TO THAT END BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER BODIES AND PERSONS PURSUING THE ABOVE OBJECTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE SUSSEX

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