Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED

Sussex Nightstop Plus recruit, train and coordinate a body of volunteer hosts from the local community to provide emergency short-term accommodation for those aged 16 years and above who are at risk of rough-sleeping, with a current emphasis on the 16-25 age group. Working with trusted local referral agencies and partners we offer a safe place to stay whilst a safer longer-term home is found.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£144£140£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£68£125£-57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£171£123£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£147£147£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£137£151£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£151£118£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£108£89£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£88£82£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£71£84£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£93£91£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£98£57£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12*£20£23£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£20£17£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£13£1£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.sussexnightstop.org.uk

manager@sussexnightstop.org.uk

07887492927

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sussex Community Foundation£34,590
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Blagrave Trust£16,830
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Henry Smith Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£16,830 30/09/2023
Emergency accommodation for young people in Brighton
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 10/07/2023
towards core funding of Sussex Nightstop in yearend June 2024
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop
£9,668 20/03/2023
12
Funding was provided towards strategic development and delivery.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sleeping safe – a safe night every night
£10,000 15/08/2022
The funding will be used to develop a self-referral pathway for the charity which provides accommodation and support to young people experiencing homelessness. They will also be able to recruit more ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£4,977 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards a Service Coordinator (SC) and Communications and Engagement Lead (CEL).
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 19/03/2021
Respond, Restore, Recover, Renew - providing a safe place to sleep during and beyond Covid
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sussex Nightstop
£5,000 18/03/2021
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support and secure long term housing to vulnerable young people in Brighton and Hove.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£5,000 18/11/2020
6
Funding was provided towards staff costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recovering from COVID-19
£10,000 29/10/2020
11
The funding will be used to review the groups service in response to Covid-19 train new volunteers and deliver a programme for young people from the LGBTQ community. The project aims to improve the ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£4,945 21/09/2020
Sussex Nightstop co-ordinates with young people and a team of volunteers who provide their spare room on a night-by-night basis to give a young person a safe space from which to resolve their housing ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£10,000 04/12/2019
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£5,000 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a Young People's Co-ordinator who places young people in the homes of our volunteer hosts.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£5,000 08/08/2018
Funding was provided towards core running costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£5,000 16/03/2018
11
Sussex Nightstop provides emergency accommodation to young people who are homeless. The accommodation is provided by volunteers in their own homes. They intervene at a time before statutory services ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000 19/12/2017
36
Sussex Nightstop
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Nightstop
£5,504 29/11/2017
We are looking to fund bus saver tickets and National rail tickets to get young people from central Brighton to their host accommodation.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the running costs of providing emergency safe beds
£1,000 04/11/2016
Towards the running costs of providing emergency safe beds for young people in Brighton and Hove.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus Limited
£75,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' salaries of the Service Manager and East Sussex Host Coordinator at a project providing supported accommodation to young homeless people in Brighton and Hove
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sussex Nightstop Plus
£10,000 28/09/2012
the salary of the Service Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-66
  • ANN HICKEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • CHRIS STOREY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Senior Manager
  • DENISE MCSWEEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Primary Care Development Lead
  • GARETH ANDERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • JAMES KILMARTIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Headteacher (Retired)
  • JENNY MOORE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community Development Manager
  • SAMUEL MURPHY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • TIM WILLIAMSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Customer Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/10/2009, number: 1132386
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2009, number: 06822217
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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR12: 17 days late,
Main office

11 St Georges Place
Brighton
BN1 4GB

Objectives

Sussex Nightstop’s purpose is to relieve the need, hardship or distress of those in housing need by enabling a community led response to homelessness for the public benefit of individuals across Sussex - in particular, but not exclusively, through the provision of safe night-by-night accommodation, longer term accommodation and support.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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