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Hastings Advice And Representation Centre

Harc

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1083566
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 21, 2000
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Hastings And District

Address

Address
The Advice Community Hub
Renaissance House
London Road
St. Leonards-on-Sea
TN37 6AN

Contact

Activities

HARC provides an accessible information, advice and advocacy service, specialising in welfare benefits and tax credits up to and including the Upper Tier Tribunal. We offer home visits to elderly and housebound people and advice surgeries in Hastings & Rother. Our aim is to relieve local poverty by ensuring the correct benefit is received by people on a low income.

Objects: A) To Promote The Benefit Of The Inhabitants Of East Sussex And The South Coast Of England (Hereinafter Called The Area Of Benefit). This Will Be Without Distinction Of Sex Or Of Political, Religious Or Other Opinion By Associating With The Local Authorities, Voluntary Organisations And Inhabitants. This Will Be In A Common Effort To Advance Education And To Provide Facilities In The Interest Of Social Welfare, With The Object Of Improving The Conditions Of Life For The Said Inhabitants. (B) To Relieve The Poverty Of The Inhabitants Of The Area Of Benefit, Particularly Through The Provision Of A Comprehensive Welfare Benefit And Tax Credits Advice Service? To Maintain And Manage An Advice And Community Centre In Co-Operation With Local Authorities In East Sussex And The South Coast Of England And To Secure The Support Of Local Communities In East Sussex And The South Coast Of England In Achieving The Above Objects

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
East Sussex, West Sussex

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £775,525 £739,036 £358,452 23
March 31, 2024 £706,728 £756,415 £321,924 23
March 31, 2023 £768,819 £737,049 £371,603 24
March 31, 2022 £721,161 £625,605 £339,828 25
March 31, 2021 £656,492 £518,138 £244,260 21

Trustees

Name Appointed
Cordelia Ann Woollard (Chair) April 28, 2021
Andrew Stanley Burnett Dec. 8, 2020
Frances Mary Mapstone May 16, 2024
Michael John Gratton
Rachael Louise Roser Feb. 11, 2025
Shelley Feldman Nov. 28, 2017
Stephen John Lewis June 19, 2018