Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

BRIGHTONSOUP

We host community funding events to raise money for local projects. Guests pay £4, listen to 4 people pitch a community project needing funding. Guests meet people, discuss projects, eat and hear local musicial talent. Then vote for their favourite project, who gets all of the door money. It's run volunteers and all food and musical entertainment is provided free by local people and businesses.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

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		£24	£15	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£8	£5	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/19		£3	£7	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18		£10	£7	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£7	£5	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

brightonsoup.org.uk

info@brightonsoup.org.uk

08445868182

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Animals
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

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

Who supports 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 BrightonSoup
£5,000	17/11/2021 12	Funding was provided for a part-time manager to co-ordinate the project.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to BrightonSoup
£4,618	17/11/2017 12	Brighton Soup is a platform for small local projects to pitch for seed-funding in a uniquely social, interactive community setting. Funding was provided for administrative support, trustee training, ....more Brighton Soup is a platform for small local projects to pitch for seed-funding in a uniquely social, interactive community setting. Funding was provided for administrative support, trustee training, room hire and monitoring.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

OLIVIA CANHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Centre Manager, Other trusteeship: HOLLINGDEAN DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

PETER ROSTRON Appointed: 2015

SHELLEY JANE BROWN Appointed: 2023

WILL ANJOS (Chair) Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2015, number: 1162898

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

BrightonSoup
Community Base
113 Queens Road
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources