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2,346 charities work in East Sussex. 87 are behind with their accounts.

1,277 of them work only in East Sussex, with a combined income of £308.1m. The share behind with their accounts, 3.7%, is below the rate for England and Wales as a whole (5.4%).

East SussexCount
Charities that name East Sussex as an area of operation2,346
Of which work only here1,277
Behind with their accounts87
  in default two years or more61
Income of the charities that work only here£308.1m
Charity Commission register as at 27 September 2026. Every charity in East Sussex (CSV)

Behind with their accounts, largest first

The Charity Commission's own status for each. A charity in default has not filed accounts or an annual return by its deadline.

CharityNo.Last incomeStatusLast accounts to
Pact Educational Trust Limited 1053810 £7.1m Accounts overdue 31 August 2025
The Queen Alexandra Cottage Homes 209208 £2.5m Accounts overdue 31 March 2025
Action for Deafness 1122579 £2.4m Accounts overdue 30 September 2025
Brighton Waldorf School Limited 802036 £983k In default two years or more 31 August 2022
The Wetland Trust 296531 £627k Accounts overdue 5 April 2024
ST Mary and ST Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church 1003739 £615k In default two years or more 31 December 2022
Medical Engineering Resource Unit 269804 £493k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Union Corner Pre- School 1044638 £107k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Horam Community Pre-School 1028918 £100k Accounts overdue 31 July 2024
Pevensey and Westham Playgroup 803106 £100k In default two years or more 31 August 2016
East Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes 229488 £68k In default two years or more 31 October 2023
Catsfield Under Fives Playgroup 1036464 £62k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Crowborough Community First Responders 1157368 £59k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Polegate Pre-School Playgroup 296908 £44k In default two years or more 31 August 2021
Oasis Community Project - East Hastings 1161078 £35k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Pevensey Memorial Hall 305291 £29k Accounts overdue 31 December 2023
South Heighton Village Hall 305309 £28k In default two years or more 31 March 2025
Babybuddy 1152586 £25k In default two years or more 31 March 2015
The East Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes CIO 1200319 £21k In default two years or more 31 October 2024
Friends of Harlands 1095534 £20k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Friends of Downs Infant School (Fodis) 1146527 £19k Accounts overdue 1 September 2024
Pukka Ponies Equine Rescue 1164939 £18k In default two years or more 31 December 2020
The Sudanese Coptic Association 1047955 £17k In default two years or more 31 December 2017
ST Augustine's Housing Trust 265641 £16k In default two years or more 31 July 2022
Friends of Maynards Green School 291721 £14k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Southern Ski Club for the Disabled 1128089 £14k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
The Benjamin Gibson Wynes Memorial Trust 1049923 £11k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Oasis Community Project East Hastings 1138174 £11k In default two years or more 31 March 2015
Moulsecoomb Hall Association 1004207 £10k In default two years or more 31 March 2021
Beckley Full Gospel Mission 1054330 £10k In default two years or more 31 March 2023
Silverdale Primary Academy PTA 306959 £9,671 In default two years or more 31 July 2022
Friends of Mile Oak School 1099630 £8,000 In default two years or more 31 August 2022
The Sammi B Foundation 1152444 £7,195 In default two years or more 31 December 2021
Bohemia Counselling and Advice 1057723 £7,167 In default two years or more 28 February 2019
Aid for Trade Foundation 1153418 £6,659 In default two years or more 5 April 2022
Parents and Friends of Sandhurst Primary School Association 281476 £6,551 Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Udimore Charitable Trust 266760 £5,763 Accounts overdue 6 April 2024
Ninfield Parent Teacher Association 802170 £5,252 In default two years or more 31 August 2007
The Wadhurst Youth Centre 305319 £5,225 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Barcombe Recreation Ground 305164 £4,818 In default two years or more 31 March 2015
Lord Brentford's Charitable Trust 278520 £4,750 In default two years or more 5 April 2022
Netherfield Village Hall & Playing Field 1174842 £3,766 In default two years or more 31 August 2023
Southcoast Amateur Boxing Club 1187787 £3,750 In default two years or more 31 March 2023
ST Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary Parents Teachers & Friends Association 1157797 £3,316 In default two years or more 31 August 2022
Chapel Park Community Centre 1126095 £3,149 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Eastbourne Cardiology Research Charity Fund 1120215 £3,006 In default two years or more 31 July 2023
Sovereign Church Eastbourne 1085200 £2,310 In default two years or more 31 March 2008
The ST Leonards-On-Sea West (E) Townswomen's Guild 1084811 £2,013 In default two years or more 31 January 2022
Training for Employment Charity 1156394 £1,958 In default two years or more 5 April 2015
ST Mary Star of the Sea Parent-Teacher Association 293744 £1,868 In default two years or more 31 August 2020
Friends of Beachy Head Countryside Centre Ltd 1121165 £1,669 In default two years or more 31 December 2020
Friends of Hoddern School 1009767 £1,458 In default two years or more 31 August 2011
Saltdean Lodge Benevolent Fund 1002102 £1,289 Accounts overdue 31 October 2024
The Netherfield (Peace Memorial) Playing Field 305283 £1,129 In default two years or more 31 March 2012
The Making Place 1079914 £794 In default two years or more 31 March 2020
Rudyard Kipling Lodge Benevolent Fund 288071 £732 In default two years or more 31 August 2023
The Voluntary Association for Surrey Disabled Limited 1143985 £594 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Hailsham and District Mencap 261977 £515 In default two years or more 30 September 2015
Riff Productions 1186486 £429 In default two years or more 1 April 2022
Andredesweald Chapter Charity Account 1111620 £410 In default two years or more 30 September 2022

Showing the largest 60 of 87. The CSV has them all.

The largest charities that work only in East Sussex

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 ST Bede's School Trust Sussex 278950 £36.2m
2 Eastbourne College (Incorporated) 307071 £28.1m
3 Mayfield School Ltd 1047503 £15.4m
4 Lewes Old Grammar School Trust 1163491 £11.2m
5 Marlborough House Vinehall School Limited 307014 £10.1m
6 The Talking Trust 307021 £9.5m
7 B a S School Limited 306998 £8.7m
8 ST Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) 283686 £8.5m
9 Wave Active Limited 1113486 £8.1m
10 ST Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother 288462 £8.0m
11 Michael Hall School 307006 £5.5m
12 The Frewen Educational Trust Limited 307019 £4.8m
13 The Chalk Cliff Trust 1139102 £4.2m
14 De La Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust 1065586 £3.9m
15 The Mount Camphill Community Limited 307027 £3.9m
16 Northease Manor School Ltd 307005 £3.7m
17 Lewes Community Screen 1150757 £3.2m
18 Bernhard Baron Care Home 1070891 £3.1m
19 Age Concern East Sussex 1139470 £3.0m
20 Eastbourne and District Mencap Limited 1125686 £2.9m
21 Ashburnham Christian Trust 212755 £2.8m
22 The Charleston Trust (Bloomsbury in Sussex) 1107313 £2.7m
23 The Great Dixter Charitable Trust 1134948 £2.6m
24 Parchment Trust 1081148 £2.6m
25 Magdalen & Lasher Charity - Old Hastings House, Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1158933 £2.5m

The largest charities working in East Sussex

Including national charities that name East Sussex among their areas.

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Brighton College 307061 £80.7m
2 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited 1137167 £74.4m
3 National Star Foundation 220239 £49.6m
4 ST Bede's School Trust Sussex 278950 £36.2m
5 Prep Schools Trust 309639 £30.6m
6 Southern Hospice Group 256789 £30.3m
7 Church Communities UK 229226 £28.5m
8 Eastbourne College (Incorporated) 307071 £28.1m
9 Guild Care 1044658 £26.7m
10 Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex 1021367 £24.4m
11 The Rotherwick Foundation 1058900 £24.2m
12 The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) 243134 £22.1m
13 Outward Housing 800529 £21.4m
14 Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust 252878 £20.2m
15 BHT Sussex 284839 £18.5m
16 Demelza Hospice Care for Children 1039651 £17.3m
17 Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd 249748 £16.3m
18 YMCA Downslink Group 1079570 £16.3m
19 Hospice in the Weald 280276 £15.9m
20 Mayfield School Ltd 1047503 £15.4m
21 London Philharmonic Orchestra Limited 238045 £14.6m
22 Avenues South East 1079576 £14.0m
23 ST Catherine's Hospice Limited 281362 £13.3m
24 The Grace Eyre Foundation 1020192 £12.7m
25 Walthamstow Hall 1058439 £11.5m

What they work on

Education/training 1,124General Charitable Purposes 677Arts/culture/heritage/science 516Religious Activities 399Disability 387Amateur Sport 386The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 378The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 328

Areas of operation are what each charity tells the Charity Commission. A charity can name several. How this site counts.