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2,751 charities work in West Sussex. 87 are behind with their accounts.

1,590 of them work only in West Sussex, with a combined income of £480.6m. The share behind with their accounts, 3.2%, is below the rate for England and Wales as a whole (5.4%).

West SussexCount
Charities that name West Sussex as an area of operation2,751
Of which work only here1,590
Behind with their accounts87
  in default two years or more58
Income of the charities that work only here£480.6m
Charity Commission register as at 27 September 2026. Every charity in West 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
Action for Deafness 1122579 £2.4m Accounts overdue 30 September 2025
TPS Realisations 2024 1157782 £1.3m Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Brighton Waldorf School Limited 802036 £983k In default two years or more 31 August 2022
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
The New Montessori Pre-School 1086853 £342k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Auntie Ro's Playgroup 1138241 £240k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
The Worthing Tabernacle 243808 £209k Accounts overdue 31 December 2023
West Weald Area Quaker Meeting 1134523 £172k Accounts overdue 31 December 2023
Downview Nursery (Felpham) 1102673 £140k In default two years or more 31 August 2021
Har Shiv Shri Trust 1107853 £85k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
The Renegades 1191644 £80k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Harting Congregational Church 1145876 £57k Accounts overdue 31 December 2024
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Rusper 1201117 £48k Accounts overdue 31 December 2023
Impacting Neighbourhoods and Communities 1156415 £47k In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Bolney Under Fives Group 1030314 £44k In default two years or more 31 March 2016
Kingslea Association for Friends and Parents of Kingslea Primary School 1103406 £38k In default two years or more 31 August 2023
Copthorne Sports & Community Association 1144056 £36k In default two years or more 30 April 2025
Friends of Chesswood School 1154865 £31k In default two years or more 31 August 2023
2ND Worthing Scout Group 269790 £29k In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Parents and Friends of Estcots School 1150731 £27k In default two years or more 31 August 2024
East Grinstead Opportunity Playgroup 280049 £26k In default two years or more 31 August 2016
Babybuddy 1152586 £25k In default two years or more 31 March 2015
Y:amhs 1197713 £24k In default two years or more 31 March 2023
Crawley Amateur Boxing Club 1124728 £22k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
The Needles Youth Centre 305380 £22k In default two years or more 31 March 2011
Capel Sports Pavilion 1164061 £20k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
The Roffey Institute 298924 £19k In default two years or more 31 December 2021
Friends of Heene Primary School 1065053 £18k In default two years or more 31 July 2023
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
Latitude Church 1173837 £16k In default two years or more 5 April 2021
Easebourne Scout Group 282382 £14k In default two years or more 5 April 2021
Southern Ski Club for the Disabled 1128089 £14k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Life Giving Trust Ltd 1120899 £13k In default two years or more 31 March 2018
Haslemere Preparatory School Parents' and Teachers' Association 298282 £13k In default two years or more 31 August 2014
Swiss Gardens PTA 1171680 £12k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Giving Back Crawley 1178136 £10k Accounts overdue 30 April 2024
Midhurst Primary School Parent Teacher Association 1043705 £7,231 Accounts overdue 30 September 2024
The Natural Horsemanship Association 1161523 £6,920 In default two years or more 1 January 2016
Arundel Youth Club 273347 £6,788 In default two years or more 31 March 2020
Aid for Trade Foundation 1153418 £6,659 In default two years or more 5 April 2022
East Wittering Women's Institute 282003 £4,107 In default two years or more 31 August 2017
The Friends of Twineham School 286563 £4,089 Accounts overdue 30 September 2024
Horsham Junior Baseball Club 1124877 £3,857 In default two years or more 31 December 2016
The Sompting Lodge Benevolent Fund 290981 £3,073 In default two years or more 30 September 2020
Leucan 1009015 £3,000 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Friends of Wickbourne Infant School 1073405 £2,998 Accounts overdue 30 September 2024
The Blue Flash Music Trust 1102732 £2,268 In default two years or more 5 April 2018
Training for Employment Charity 1156394 £1,958 In default two years or more 5 April 2015
Graffham Nursery School 1024518 £1,731 Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Saltdean Lodge Benevolent Fund 1002102 £1,289 Accounts overdue 31 October 2024
DR Chester's Charity Otherwise Poor's Ten Acres 232205 £965 Accounts overdue 31 October 2024
Care Home for Muslim Children.(Muslim Children Foundation) 1179766 £831 Accounts overdue 5 April 2024
The Making Place 1079914 £794 In default two years or more 31 March 2020
The Montefiore Institute 305443 £632 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Ferring Downs Women's Institute 265991 £627 In default two years or more 15 September 2021
The Voluntary Association for Surrey Disabled Limited 1143985 £594 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Friends of Worthing High School 1042555 £560 In default two years or more 31 August 2020

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

The largest charities that work only in West Sussex

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Ardingly College Limited 1076456 £45.1m
2 Hurstpierpoint College Limited 1076498 £40.3m
3 Lancing College Limited 1076483 £33.0m
4 Worth School 1093914 £25.0m
5 The Johnson Trust Limited 277439 £23.2m
6 Chichester Festival Theatre 1088552 £20.2m
7 Christ's Hospital Foundation 306975 £20.0m
8 Burgess Hill School for Girls Company 307001 £9.5m
9 Turning Tides Homelessness 1027832 £9.3m
10 Newells School Trust Limited 307038 £9.0m
11 The Malden Trust Limited 307046 £8.7m
12 Rikkyo School in England Trust 306987 £7.2m
13 Brambletye School Trust Limited 307003 £6.3m
14 Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau 1099640 £6.1m
15 Farney Educational Trust 307024 £5.8m
16 Kennedy Independent School Trust Limited 307045 £5.8m
17 Worthing Theatres & Museum 1185189 £5.8m
18 Arundel Castle Trustees Limited 271833 £5.7m
19 ST Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd 1000830 £5.1m
20 Carers Support West Sussex 1123359 £4.2m
21 Slindon College Limited 1028125 £4.1m
22 Our Lady of Sion School, Worthing 1121398 £4.0m
23 Pennthorpe School Trust Limited 307043 £3.9m
24 Aspire Sussex Limited 1149439 £3.8m
25 Adur Community Leisure Limited 1112020 £3.7m

The largest charities working in West Sussex

Including national charities that name West Sussex among their areas.

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Brighton College 307061 £80.7m
2 Care South 1014697 £62.5m
3 Ardingly College Limited 1076456 £45.1m
4 Hurstpierpoint College Limited 1076498 £40.3m
5 Lancing College Limited 1076483 £33.0m
6 Southern Hospice Group 256789 £30.3m
7 Royal Grammar School Guildford 1177353 £29.7m
8 The Brendoncare Foundation 326508 £27.8m
9 Worth Abbey 1093913 £27.1m
10 Guild Care 1044658 £26.7m
11 The You Trust 291489 £25.5m
12 Worth School 1093914 £25.0m
13 Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex 1021367 £24.4m
14 The Rotherwick Foundation 1058900 £24.2m
15 The Johnson Trust Limited 277439 £23.2m
16 The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) 243134 £22.1m
17 Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust 252878 £20.2m
18 Chichester Festival Theatre 1088552 £20.2m
19 Christ's Hospital Foundation 306975 £20.0m
20 BHT Sussex 284839 £18.5m
21 Lingfield College 295598 £17.7m
22 YMCA Downslink Group 1079570 £16.3m
23 Transform Housing & Support 264133 £13.6m
24 ST Catherine's Hospice Limited 281362 £13.3m
25 The Grace Eyre Foundation 1020192 £12.7m

What they work on

Education/training 1,315General Charitable Purposes 705Arts/culture/heritage/science 529Religious Activities 508The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 434Disability 432Amateur Sport 431The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 383

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