FE SUSSEX
IA Company Limited ty Guarantee not h3￿n8 a Share Capital)
Flnandal Statemenfs
For the y¢ar ¢nd¢d 31 July 2025
(harity No: 1141705
Cornpany No: 05324410

FE 5US5EX
IA Company Limited by Guarantse not ha￿￿1 a Share Capltall
CONTENTS
Pa
Trustee5' Rewrt
Independè)t Examiners Report
Statement of F￿anJal Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financial Staternents
10- 18

FE SUSSEX
IA Cornparry Limited by Guarantee not ha￿ng a Share Cèpitall
Trustees, Report
The btsard pre5eThts the rewrt and financial 5tat¢Nnents of FE Suwx for the yÈar Ènded 31 July 2025. The
5taiements appear in the format reqwred by the Siaternent of Recommended Practice applicable 10 Charitie5
preparing their accowts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK Repthlic
of Ireland IFRS 1021 l&ffecrive l January 20191- All Irusiees are directors, rhe tru5tees' reporr is a150 a
dirKtors' report as required by s.415 of the Compani* Act 21￿6.
The f￿ancial staterTEnts comply vuth current Slatutory req￿re[￿ents, the Metnorandurn and Articles of
8sociatlon of rhe Company and the Statement of Recommended Pra£tice- AcCoUnt￿g and Rep)rting by
Charlties In accordance the Financlal Reporring Standard IFRS 1021 leffertNe 1 January 20191.
R¢f¢ren¢¢ and Administrative Information
FE $￿seX Limited ￿ a reg￿tered charity number 1142705 and a company limited by guarartee not ha￿n£ a
Share Capiul. registered fn England and Wale5, number 05324410.
Reglstered otrictr.
Chichester Colleoe
Westgate Fields
Chlchester
West Su&sÈx
P01915
Banker5=
Lioyds TSB Bank PIC
10 East Sireet
Chlchester
Wesl ￿SSeX
PO19 IFU
Sollcltors..
Irwin Mitchell LLP
8runÈl HoLLse
21 Brutiswlck Place
SoLrthampton
aM￿hire
S015 2AQ
Independent examlners of flnancial staternents
Lems Brownlee (chach￿ter) Limited
hartered Accountants
Appledram Barns
8irdham Road
Chiche5re
West Sussex
P020 7EQ

FE SUSSEX
IA Company Litnited by Guarantee not ha￿ng a Share Capltall
Trustees. Report (contiw)uedl
Tru5tee5 & Directors
Tr￿tee$ have all seNed In offKe througMut the yéar and to the date of this rw)rt.
K Hucker
Mr J Ker￿ell
Mr W Baldvri
Mr5 D Jan50n
Mrs R Conroy
Atr A G￿en
Ms J O Clark (rèsigned 05101120261
Mr D Lodge (resigned 20151251
Unle$5 srated above, all of the Trustees are dlrettors of tie companyj and are refer￿(j to as Trustee5
throughout thi5 rewrt.
STRucfuRE GOVERNANCE AND
AGEM
CwvernTnE Doeurnent
Thè Cornpany is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Associati)n whKh were dravm up on incorporatlon
5 January 2005, and amÈnded by special resolut%)n 14 June 2011. company Nyas rel￿Stered as a chèdty
with Charities Commisson ￿ 4 July 2011.
Or8anfsali¢n
The TnEtees are responsible for the financlAI rnanagemer.t of the charity. If a vacancy artses the Trustees
nll ensure that all skills continue to be covÈred. Th main skTILglknowiedgeJexperience req￿red are
experience at a senior level in further education coll￿e ￿anagement together with knowledgÈ of Eompany
legal procedures. financial and prtsjea management.
Each mÈtnber (￿San￿￿tiOn is entitled to appoint one director. The dlrec¢or5 may appoint a dlrettot by
ordinary resolutlon up to a mwmum of 15 directo￿.
The Trustees are responsTbLÈ for the edu¢arioD and pastoral care prowded by the charfty.
Mana$ement was del4ated 10 hi% J D Clark.
Recnritment. InduttSon and tsainlnÉ of Truste¢5
All new T￿￿teÈ5 recelve induction on è group and on a onè to one ba515 to enswe they are familiarwiih their
duti￿ arKd r*ponsibilitlÈs.
All TrLtstees are CEOSlprtr￿lpèls of the rfftmber colleges of FE Sussex ￿th the exception of Ms J D Clark, who
resigned frotn her post as trwiee follo￿ThA the yearend.

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IA Cotnpary Limited by Guarantee not having a Share Capital)
Trustee5' Report Icontinuedl
Rlsk a5ses5ment
Formal risk a5￿$ment is made to the Tmstees on a regular bas￿ in the form of a Ril( Regtster. The charity's
attiwties are low ￿Sk. No large advants purchases are madè. fverheads must align with Income. The chaAty
employ5 a CEO. Other staff are contracted to projects as required.
Aims Ob"ertives And sirtiMtie5
The Trust's main objectives are:
IL)
To promote further education in Slssex the South East, to wowde a forum for MÈmber5 to
Èxchanqe ideas and information, ro develop and share best practice, to identify and itnplemenr key
national, local and other agendas in the further edl￿a￿On sector and to assist Metnbers ln Interpreting
ano irrpletr*nting suth ag&idas,'
To rèpresent Wember5' collec¢ive vie¥%s, and to seek tD policy and d*lopment in further
educatlon by all proper rfftans including act?n8 in a lobbwng role and prowdlng such prthdLfts and
services a5 will assist WEmbers in the delivery of high quality further educètion serwces,. and
To provide a re50urc& for the prOv￿10n of CPD. training to Members and their staff and to disseminate
the r￿ultS of dlscussion, research and devÈLq)meni pro1￿1 actlvitfes to kn5ex colleges and other
interestÈd parh&%.
Sisnificant activitie5 this year contrfbutlhg lo the athiev¢meni of the Trust's objectives..
In the past year the trust has:
Fully deliverpd the Sussex LSIF Project across all three st-ands and secured the maxlmum funding available1£4.5ml-
Provfded a teaching. leamin4 and innovation conference at Su55e¥ University for over 3￿ coll%e based dellqate5-
Led five Innovative cross college events in February-march 2025 with a range of hlgh profile speakers and
hundreds of students engèged.
Delivered ttrE strategic object of influenclng na￿onaL anc local skills a8￿d￿, through enIagerr￿nt wlth vdth Èlected
policymakers and senior local authority sraff.
Conrrlbute4 to a pan-sussex approach to SEND high need5 furvjing. and the colLe8es' involveinent In the
Government-funded SEND through the Change Programme,.
Prowded meetlr¥ for the Èxchange and peer 8rDuping of college CEOS and PrincIpa￿.
+ Reviewed the networks for teachers and sen1or support slatf to deliver upto-date and reEevant peer support.
Princfjpal fundng sources •rtd ¢xpendlturè supportingthe key objertive5
The Charity's income has largely been thp LSIP fu￿7￿g. Th,: ￿reCtorS agreed to r￿n$tate an annual
sub5CriPtion for member colleges for 2Q24125. Th15 makes ijp le55 than 10.5% of incorne. The remaining
incomtr is dÉ*vÈd from the dellvery of educational projeo? fLJnded by the Department for Education. local
authoriiies and district councils, ￿ a 5rnall aTnount of commercial acrswty.
During the year 31 July 2025, FE Sy55ex recorded a defkit of £39,341 IZ024: £79,th)5 surplusl-

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Tnjstees, Report Icontinuedl
O¥y7ng to thE natu￿ of the Companys operations and the composition of the Board of DlrKtors and TrLJrees
belng dravm from local coll￿e5, it 15 inevftable that trar6actions take place wtth Coll*￿ in whith thè
dlrectors may have an inter*t. All transactTons involMn4 these colleges are conducted at armg length aNI in
accordance wfth stondard procedure5.
ew OfAchleveme*ts And Perforrnance
Th& charitys focu5 in 2024125 has th@ SUCCQ5ful completknn of the SLwex iDcal SkilL8 Improvement Fund
ILSIFI projects. These projects reswDded to ski115 gaps identlfied within the Local l¢ilis IMpro￿￿Ent Plan
delfvered by the SussÈx Chamber of Comtnerce. The Sw4iex L51F project has achievÈd exceptlonal SLfC
across all three project strands dernonstrating remarf(able adaptabity and innovar10n. Building on the £tro
foundations establlshed in 2023-24, the prolett Secured ihe ma￿rnuTh fundlng avallable and s(￿esSfullY
delive￿￿ all plannod outomes withln the 17 month de15¥ery perfod.
The LSIF has enabled the introduoion of a ￿de range of new dlgital teaching and LÈaming technologles to b&
Installed for the ber￿fit of SUS￿ ￿arners. job-sÈekers, pmpltyers and ￿der communities. 11 cross-campu5
teaching rooms aDd 4 BT immersive spaces were iD5talled. s￿c￿$ful dellvery of trwo new careers websites
Icareers West Su55ex and Careers BryhtoD & Hovel replicating thè successful Careers East Sussex model.
These unifotm pan-SLtsSèX guldance and have been fully 1ntegrate(J into Collegè and Local ￿*bority
Systems.
E()dyswaps were *gniflcantly expanded frrm the successful 2023-24 pllot and were installed on all 16 camwses
of FE Sussex member coll￿eS. Over 3(NJO learner5 have èeej) Èngaged to datÈ. Th￿e ttchnoiogiÉ% faciiTrtate
greater leamer engagement ￿th usually unacces5ible.real lifÈ'enYlronrnents through vfrtual reality, and also
enable car*rs ￿nts, fflaster classe5 and quallfication delivery LO take place acr055 each Sussex college
STmLlatneoLk%ly.
FE Sussex ts partIc￿arlY proud of iauncfving the'Landed' app with LSIF funding In March 2025. 3000
students registered on the atp and ￿gaged In p5ychomeiiic rÈst5, created Cvs and were able to look for work
experiÈnTr opportunitES fn Sussex. Thts èpp match&s Sussex j￿￿-SeekerS with locally available vacanties
through an algorithm. The app also SUPPOfts college careers and employ8bilTty tpams to track and swwrt
learrtrs job-seeking activrty and their destinat￿)0$. LandÉd has been designed in collaboratlon wfth Sussex
learners. college 5raff and employers. and 15 railored towèrd5 Its locallty and ￿$seX l￿er8.
Asidp from LSIF project delivery, FE Slwex sucC￿fUllY fai-illtated a ranBe of membèr collaborative activity In
2024125 through its retworks and CPD delivery.

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IA Company LSmlted by Guarantee not habfjng a Share Cè.pitall
Trustee5' Report Icontinu&ql
The charity balances a reduct1on of ￿￿th delh*ry of meanlngful attiw, through a combination of
staff homeworklD8. Onl[￿ rneetlng5, and the delivery of in-ppr50n ￿twork e￿ntS for collegÈ staff and Leaders.
TIE charity also contTnues to ￿%￿ge in Commer￿aL work when tt contracts with organi5atlong of a similar nature
10 provide educational *￿e5 Wh￿ ton£went wth the chartys migsion.
The chamty has rÈa5onablè financial r￿ery￿ after all of Its liabilities are taken into account. Staffing and other
overheads have been carefully controlled and this has er.abled the charlty to return a Oefirit.
Public And Ctsrnmuni
InvoEvement
The Charity is dTrectly TnvolvÈd with the wider Sussex communlty and has been in contact s￿[h many
SLakeholders. inciuthng un1versltiÈs, local employers and Ihe three local athhoriises durfng the dèlivery of the
Sus*x Local Skills and Improvement Fund project.
Public Benefit StatemeTht
The Tr￿te￿ confim that they have cornpLled vrith the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due
regard to the Charity Commisslon'$ general 8Utdance on Fubllc beneflt, 'Charitie5 and Public Ben&fit'. All
membèrs of the public have the opportunity to Wefit frorn the actTvltie5 of the charity & its aims and purpose
ts to "advance further education In Sussex and the S¢uth East" (for all) through-.
Pro%idEng a forum for Members to eXchar￿e ideas and information, to develop and share best
practKe, to Tdentlfy and itnplement key national, local and other a4￿￿a5 In the further educatlon
sector and to a5515t Members in interwetiiig and implementinL
Seeking to a55iSt policy and devetoprEnt'n furthei education by all proper Tncluding actin4
In a lobbyink role-
Prowding such produrts a￿1 sèmces 45 wlll as*st Metnbers in the dÈlivery of h1gh oualfty further
education,.
pro￿(ling a coordinated r*ource for thè protrisiort of training to Member5 and their staff,.
Oitsetninating the r￿ULt% of dlsiLL4gon and rcsÈarch to interested partiÈs- and
Such other rneans as thè trLtstÈe5 from time to time determlnÈ.
In practice. this mean5 any member of the Plblic en8a8ee. in Fwther EdtÉation and Training- in its broadest
sense- can ￿efIt through a range of 3ctiwt5es such 3$..
Improvement of teaching arO learnin8 for the benèfit af all learr*r5 on any cout5e Sn any co(lege',
CoordinatlDn of courses across colleges for the benefir of learners who may bè U￿mpIOYed. hard to reach,
NEEF etc.
- The secumg of proiert funds to improve re50urces, facllTties and teachlng and iearnlng.
tial R￿￿wAnd Result5 For The Year
The chaHty delfve￿Il a deficit of £39.341 in 2024-25. un￿strIcted rèserves at 31.7.25 of £336,259
Trus￿$ remain commTtted to ￿e￿￿1n4 costs and sourcin8 nÈw income to support the charities opÈratlons.
Bursaries Scholarshi
s and Acte53ibili
The Charlty does not award bL￿aries or scholarshi)5.
The charity supwrts the open access accesslbllty a5piratlon of member colleges through its qualf¢y
imprO¥￿Trent, kTh)¥viedge exchange and Tretv￿rk 8roup5 and (JÈvelopnEDt programmes.

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IA copj.pany Limited ty Guarantee not hairing a 5haJ e Lapitall
Trustees, PNeport Icontiri&Edl
Re3erYe5 poIIty
The unrestrtcted rèsaw of Ihe char,w alter all i5èbi11tle5 li￿th the @XCEpf1011 OT lhÈ0￿T¢1.I redundancy payments dL
to SfaTf in *ent of the chan* C￿￿1n1 to openttl stand at i336,259, whictr.. Is grèatÈr thèn & yè&r's cole oper&iiRg
¢osis.
The mariagemenL h4$ èxamfned the roquirernent rDr re*rve¢ and their levol. r@sul4 fr e5iablyshed a polloj
herebv ]Jnre5tnc¥ed reserve5 not comm,?tt=d or invested tangible f￿*d assets should equal io ts,- exceed one i/e&r
of oper3iinE expense5. For th= year 2024125 cor£ att4Wty cperatino txpenses tolhllod 18por0￿mai£Iy> u22,951
Tru51¢es are takirrg aclion to rpduce th#e corÈ costs a¥al￿t pr?jxted Incomè for 20?*2? to ensLEre tha" th2
Charity iemalrf 5&Staln3ble.
M¢YbeF£' Llkbilitie5
Ag boun6 by the Articieg of tssodaLion OF the charitly wJery m*rnber of tle clantv prom J<es, If tha thaflty is dlssolved
while he 4r She or TS a rnomber or valhin tweli'e TfiOIKhs after he or shE ar it c￿•￿e$ to bg a mefftber. to such
SLty (not *rceedin8 C101 a5 Tnay be d￿￿.a￿lert of hlm htsr or li rowÈrds the p8ym@nt of the debt5 and LTrabIliti￿ o! the
chRrity ioctsrrèd before he or ghe Of 11 ceaseg io rnembei., aTrd of the costi charges aiil tr%pense5 of
the adjwtmenr uf the rlkht5 01 the contHt>uttsriés amor,g thtmseiv#.
'IdTno up, 40d
FuEurts bcveto
ents
The 3nfjual and three year bLsine$5 plannlns rydes of tle chdr5ty used to dtrtermln* futur* developnien:>. fi Lsi&e3
plan w cont1nue IO proiride serwce5 to m8nTL*r colleg* whi:h a."e cDTr£ruent W15Tr tF,& kev objectivel of the chbrfty- It i
3nti ipated that greaitr eFnphasT5 vril, be placed ￿pOr1 cocpèration local emplDyers, Ioc&l ￿￿Ernm*￿t and UYivÈ￿J Ttlrs
8$ & iesulr of the ryew GovtirntheDr's airns ol Tncreèkd dwolur?on and COLiabDraknon arothd skllts Pro￿£30Th. There is high-
uncertèinry ovÈr future rounds of Ihe high-I'&lL4e Deparcrtbeni'ior EducatlQD ftsnding1SDF Followed by ￿1r￿-.
on which FE Sussek nès relFed av2r recent years, or wheLhèr 5'mT4èr opptsrtURl¥1És ￿11 bè ¢vaialble to FE tusse"
The Government's Jmmlnent Devolutlttii Whrle Paper and SkiiLt Strategi¥ wfll clarity. and level and node of
op&".aiion or the cha-,
ttys aciivit1ts5 Wtll be adju51ed atctsrdip.gly.
pprovety¥y the Soard of Tr￿tee$ at Its meetin4 on ZO Anril x026 and sig4e& on its behalf by.-
R-becca lot)roy I
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IA Company Limited by Gyarantee not having a Share CA￿tal
Independent Examiners Report
Indeptrndent examlner's report to the tru5t•es of FE Sussex Company)
I report to the charity trLLSteÈs on my examination of ttte account5 of the Conyany for the year e￿@d 31
July 2025.
RespoThsTbfllties and basfs of report
As the charity's tntstees of the Company land aL%o its dTrectors for the purposes of cotnpany lawl you are
responsible for the preparation of rhe accountg in accordance with the requlrement5 of thè Companies Act
2Tr)6 (the 2006 Att'I-
Having satisfied myself that the acmunts of the Company are Tr)t iequred to be au1ited under Part 16 of
the 2006 Act and are eligiblÈ for independent pxamlnation. I report in respect of my examinatlon of your
chafitys accounts a$ carried out under section 145 of thè Charlties Att 2011 (the 2011 Art'l. In carwng out
my èxamlnation I have followed the Directions gfven by Charity Commi$5ion under section 145151 Ibl of
the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
STnce your companls gr￿s kncome ￿ceeded £250,000 your examlnÉr must be a member of a ITSted body. I
can confirm that l am qtsalified to uMertake the cxamfnatTon )etause l am a reg￿tered memt*r of the
A¥￿al￿On of charter￿ Certified Accountants, which is of t￿ listed bodles.
I have completed my examinatlDn. I confirm thai no walle￿ have com& to my attention In ci)nne¢tion wtth
the examlnatlDn giving tne caJse to tElieve.'
l accourrtifig records were not kept Tn ￿pect of the Coffpany as ￿qUIred by S￿tiOn 386 of the
2006 Act,. or
2 the accounis do not accord tho* re¢ords- or
3 the accounts do not tornply vrith the accountlng reculrements of section 396 of the 2006 Act
other than any requirement that thè aCco￿t5 glvc a true ar￿ fafr Mew which TS not a matter
considerèd as part of an ?ndopendent examinatTOn,-,)r
4 the accounts have not been prepèred in accordance the rnethods and prynciple5 of the
Staternent of Recomrnended Practice for accountinÉ and reporting by charit1¥ lapp11cable to
charitFes prepa￿n£ thèir accounts in accordance wth the Finanoal Reportlng Standard applicable
the UK and Republlc of IrÈlaThY IF￿ 10211.
I have w concerns and have come across no other matters in Connett￿n Mth the exam￿ation to vthich
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a pn)per understanding of thè accoufjis to be
ached.
Sarah Alexander FCCA FCA
Lprfis 6rownleÈ ICalch￿terl Limited
Chartèred Accowtants
Appledrom B3ms
Birdharn Road
Chlchester
West Su55ex
P020 7EQ
Date..

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IA Cotnpany Lknited by G￿rantee nor having a Share Capitall
Statement Of Flnancial A￿￿tIeS lincorwratin8 an Income and Exr*ndrtwe Accountl for thè year e￿ed
31 July2025
UThrestrTCted
Funds
2025
Re5trftted
Fund5
Ttstal
Fur
2025
Totsl Funds
2024
Notè
2025
Incorne and emolumÈnt5 from:
MembershSp fee5
Charitèble ￿tt￿tieS
lrtve51ment income
52,094
424,923
20,259
52,094
424,923
20,259
49.50D
528.559
8,486
Total
497,276
497,276
586.
45
Expendlture on..
Charitable ￿17¥1￿e$
Govèrnance costs
534,397
2.220
534,397
2,220
505,260
2,280
Total
536.617
536,617
507.540
movement In fund$
139,3411
79,005
Reconciliation of funds-
Total funds brought forward
375,600
93,930
469.530
390,525
Total funds carried forward
13
336.259
93,930
430,189
469,530
All of the act[￿lieS are contlnulng.
There Is no difference between net incoff* tor the yearstated abavè and its htstorical cost eqLrfvalent.

FE SUSSEX
IA Coim?&ny Limited by vuarafttee not hawns a Silare C3pitraii
31 July Z025
Company No. 05324410
Note
2025
2024
Flxed Assets
Tafjglble ksets
666
Curyent Assets
Debtor5
Cash at bank and in hand
796
526,302
i27.098
261.183
YQ1,860
963,042
crèilit9￿'.
ainounts falllTrg due wthln one year
98,021
494,179
Net <urrent assets
429,077
468,B64
Totsl a55ets le55 ¢urrwt14abTllties
430.189
469,530
430.189
464.530
Funds
Restricttd Funds
Unre5LTcted Funds
93,930
330,159
93,930
375.600
430,189
469.5:
The charitable company 15 *titled Lo &%émption from audit under 477of rhe Com￿}07e$ Act
2006 for the ￿ar ended 31 July 1025.
rhe rnember5 have oot required the cDmpar,y ro oDtain an audit tsf its financ1315tatements for the
year ended 31 July 2025 in arcordance Mth Section 476 OT the Companies Act 2006.
Th& truSt￿S acknowledse their respansibilftTe5 40f
(?} ÈnsLlring that the charitable conpany keep$ 3ccoun￿ng retords that cornply vrith SÈaknns 386
787 of the Cotnpanies Act 2Q06 and
Ibi prepann$ financial siatemens which give a irtse aiid fair View of ih? stale of affairs Df the
hariiable tgmpany al tho end of each 4[nan￿31 year and of its surplus or defiot foi each finanoal
year In:
ccordance Ntli the requTrernents of sec￿lon$ 394 and 395 ar,d whlih Oiierwse comply with
t41e reiuirements ot the Compènies Act Z006 relatt*E to finan£13'. Sta emenls, so far a5 applicable to
the charltable company.
rhese ilnaTrC121 etatements have beop Pre￿ra in a￿ordanCe vAth the #ro%YsiDns applloble to
charitatAe compaTries subject to thtrstnail co•paTr1è5 reglme.
Tlese nnèneial sratenent5 ware apprevèd ar
on Ygned on Tts trehalf ty..
sed Porissue bj, the board ¢fTrustees
R Conroy, ChaTr

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IA Company Urnlted by Guarantee not hatring a Share Capitall
Notes on finandal statements fw the year ended 31 July 2025
1 Accounthng Policie5
The follovAng accounting pollcies have been applied cor￿1$tentIY ￿ dealing ￿th Items wh5ch arÈ considered
material in reLaiion to the charity's flnanoal statemenL'¥.
Basis of accountinE
These fhiancl31 statements have bpen prepared in accordance wth the Charftles SORP IFR5 1021 Yhe Financial
Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland- I-FRS 102-1 and the requirements of the Companies
Act 2m6.
The linanciai statements dre prepèred In sterling ) vthth is Ihe fuKtronal currency of the mtnpany. Aknetary
armunts in these financlal statements are rounded to the nea￿t £1.
The flnanciai statements have been prepared under the htstoric41 cost conventlon. The prfnclp31 a£¢ounting policies
adopted are Sei out telow.
In accordance wth FRS 102, the tompany has taken advantage of Ihe exemptions from the following dlsclo5ure
reqwrements..
Sectitsn 7'StatWn￿t ot C45h Fiow5' _ Presefttation of a StateM￿t of Cash Flow and related notes and disclosures.
The financlal statements have been prÈp)red on a going concern basis as thè members are sat15fied that the charity
will have adequate re50urcÈs to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a r*riod of at least 12 rTK)nths from Ihe date
of sIgn￿8 of these financial statem￿S.
Company Status
The tharity Is a company limited by guarantee not havlw a share Eapital. The members of the cDtnpany are the
trt￿tees named on page 2. In the evenr of the charity iting wound up. the liabilTty io rÈspÈct of the 8uarantee
Is Ilmited to £10 per metnber of the tharity.
Incoming resources
IncomÈ is the total amount rÈteivable by the Charity in the ordinary course of the Charitvs acti￿7t1es vAth ￿t97￿e
LStomers for seNces prO￿￿e￿, excllkling VAT and trade discounts where appllcable.
Incomè from grants, contracts, tnernbership fees and otlier se￿ceS rendered is included to the extent of the
completion of the contract or senrfce concerned.
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FE SUSSEX
IA Company L1mited by Guarantee not havfng a Share Capitall
Notes on financial statements for the year ended 31 Juty 2025
1 Acctsuntfns Polieies Icontinuedl
Resource¥ expended
ources expended are accounted for on an acirua& b￿15.
Expenditure ts analysed into such categori* ￿ ¢0 reasorably enable the user to galn an appredation of the Charlty's
expendlture durSni thÈ year.
Governance costs compnse the cost of r￿ning the Chariry, IrKludln8 strateglc plannlw for its future deYÈlopment,
150 external Inde￿￿ellt examination, any legal admce and cost5 of CO￿ly1n1 con5titutl)nal and statuiory
requiretnents.
Tanwble fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost le55 dep￿a￿On.
Cost reprÈ5ents purchase price together vAih any incldental costs of acquisitlon.
Depreciation
Depreciation Is ¢alcuLatÈd to write down the cost of all tangible a%ets by equal annual instalmertts over their
eyperted useful economic lfve5.
The ratés generally appiicèble are..
ComrKJter Equipment- 33.3% Straight line
Fund Accouniing
Unrestricted funds arÈ defined a51ncome rèalised or generated for the objettfve5 of Charfty without further
sppciNed purpose and which are available a5 Eeneral funds.
Restricted funds are EO be used for specific purpo￿ as laid do￿￿ by the donor.
E¥pLmdlture which rneets these crlteria. wiu ￿ IdÈntifled to the fu￿.
Designated funds are fLmd5 set a￿de by the Tmstees our tsf unrestricted general funds for 5pecffSc future
or projects.
Fund5 transfers
Resources are trats5ferred frorn Unrostricted Funds to Restrkned Funds where @xpendfture ￿￿7￿9 the criteria
laid down by a donor of restritted iKome exceeds this Income.

FE SU55EX
IA company LlmltÈd by Guarantee not haww a Sharo Capital)
Nates financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025
1 Accountir¥ Polf¢ies Icontlttuedl
C45h and cash e4uivaients
Cash and cath eouivalenrs include c￿￿ in hand and deposits ￿eld at call wjth bank5.
Finandal Tn5trument5
The cotnpany elected to apply the prowsions Df Section 11 'Basic Finantial Instrutnents. and Section 12'0ther
Flnancial InstrLment Issu*. of FRS 102 to all of fts f￿ancIal Insttuments.
Financial inttruments are reta4nised when the company become5 Party to thÈ contrattual provislon5 of t
fnstrument.
Finanoal assets and Ilabilih* are offset. w?th tho net amount5 Present￿ in the financial statements, when there
a legally enforceablÈ right to set off the recogn￿￿ amounts arKI there Is an intention to settle on a net basis
or to ￿allse the a¥et and settle the liablllty simUltarE0￿Ly.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which IncLude trade and other debtors dnd cash and bank balants, are Inltially measured
at transaction price including ¢raDsacttDn costs and are 5ub5eqLEntly carried at amort15ed cott U￿n¥ the effective
Tnierest rnethod unless the arransemeTht constitutes a financlng transaction. where the financial ￿Set is measured
at the present valoe of fuiLre r￿lpt5 discounted ai a mark&t rate of IntèrÉst.
Basic financial liabilities
Ba￿£ finarKial liabilities. incLuding trade and other creditors &nd loans frorn fellow sroup companles a￿ initHIIy
recognised at transactlon pri￿ unless the ariangement constitutes a financing trènsartion, where the debt
inStr￿￿t 15 measured at the yc£Ènt value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest.
Debt Irtstruments are sub5eqiEntly carrfed at amortlgÈd cost, Uslng the eff£ctv¥e Interesr ratè method.
Inter%t receivablè
All incomtr frotn short-term deposits1s credited to the profit and loss account1D the pÈriod In whi¢h it ￿ earned on
a receivable basis.
2 Judgements and key source5 of estÉmation uncertainty
In the applicatfon of the company's accounting policies, tIE d'rettors are reoulred to rnake judgements, Èstlmates
and assLmptlons about the carwng amount of assets and Ilabi.Ities that arè not readily arwarent from other
50urce5. Thè estirnares and ￿￿cIated as511mptions are based ()n historical experience ar4J other factDf5 that are
can￿dered to be ￿leVant. Jittual re>Jltr may differ from thesL¥ estimat￿.
The estimates and underlwng assurnptions are rèvftved on an ongoing ba515. Revisions to aCCo￿ting e5tlmat
are recogni5ed in the perfod in which the estirnate is revlsed ￿he[e the re￿$1￿n affects only that perfod. or in the
period of rhe revtsSon and future ppriads where the ￿￿570￿ af-.ects trt)th cUrr￿l ark1 furure perl(#1£.
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FE SUSSEX
IA Company Limiied by Guarantee not hawng a Share Capital)
Notes on fit)arKial staternents for the year *Thiled 31 July 2D15
3 Membership fees
Metnbership feè Trncome represents payment5 madÈ by member Colleges io the chartty far the pro￿70n of:
pro￿ding a fonjm for Members to exchange ideas and information, to develop and share ￿st practice
to ident1fy and impLÈment key national, local other agendas in the further edycation sector and to
ass1st Nembers Tn interpreting and Implementing such agend8S-
5&king to awst poliry and development in further education by all proper means Including acting in
a lobbylng role-
Prowding products and serrfcès as WTII assfst h*mbers lrt the dellvery of hTgh quality fLrther
educatlon,.
PrO￿ling a r￿ourCe for the pro￿5[On of training to Members and their Staff..
DT55emlnatin8 the results of dÈtU55i0n and research to Inte￿$ted partiP5,' and
Such other ￿an5 as the truste￿ from time to tSme detemi'.ne.
4 Additional ¢haritable aCti￿tIeS
2025
2024
cO￿￿11anCY aClTVities
CollaLK)rati¥e actlwty
7,960
416,963
524,519
424,923
528.559
5 Invostment Income
2025
2024
Inter￿t received on t￿￿ deposits
20,259
8,486

FE SUSSEX
IA Compww Limited by Guarantee not h4%lng a ghar@ Capitall
Notes on financial statements forthe year ended 31 July Z025
6 Breakdown of tost of charitable actI￿tieS
2025
2024
Additional Ch4rlty Acti￿￿e$
Consultancy actimties
Non Pay
Bad Debts
3,719
7,381
3,719
Collatorative actI￿tY
7,381
Non Pay
Bad Debts
J09,947
315,n4
309,947
315,774
313,666
323.155
¢*￿ra[ Adrninistration
Administration costs
Staff costs
Depreclation
220.378
165,857
16.188
353
220,T31
182,105
Total tsperatTns costs
534,397
505,260
7 f￿0rnance costs
20Z5
2014
Independent examiners. R*muneration
Independent examination fe
Taxation compliance sepvices
1,810
410
1,880
2,220
2,280

FE SUSSEX
IA Company Llmlted by Guarantee nrt ha%fjn8 a Share Capital)
Notes on financial 5Latements for the year ended 31 July 1025
8 Staff cp5ts
2015
2024
Salaries and wag
Other pension costs
15,240
16,188
The only me￿*br of xaff left partway throu8h 2024.The average nutnber of staff emptoyed by the
charity durin4 the year WÈS as follows:
2025
2024
Full time
equfvalent
Full time
equivalent
Heedcount
Headcount
Adtninistration
No employee received emoluments in excè￿ of E6D,tX)O wr annurn.
Ms J D C13rK a dlrectorltrustee who I￿7gned fdlDvring the yèar end. was seconded from a men*w CrAlege.
InvoKes submllted durlng the year by the rTEMber ullé£È. irt1th1ng irrecovcrable VAT, amounted ro-
2025
2QZ4
Seconded salary and assK1ated costs11ncl VATI
Invoiced e)pen5e5
145,189
4,531
149,720
130,890
2,691
133,581
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FE SUSSEX
IA Company Lfmfted by Guarantee not havtng a Share Capltall
Notes on flrjancial 5taternents for the year ended 31 July 2025
9 An4ly5is of resotsrces expended
2025
2024
Total
Staff co5t5
Other
Depreciation
Total
Charitable Expendlturè
Charity operating costs..
Project costs
Adminlstratfon
313,666
222,598
536,264
313,666
2Z2,951
536,617
323.155
184.385
507,540
353
353
10 fanwble fixed assets
Equipment
Cost
At 1 August 2024
Additiofts
T16
799
At 31 July 2025
1,525
DepreciatiL>n
At 1 August 2024
Depreciation ellminated on di5PD5&1
60
353
At 31 July 2025
413
Net book value
Ar 31 July 2025
At 31 July 2024
666
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FE SUSSEX
IA Company Limited by Guaranteè not haTriw a Share Capital)
Note5 on finanaai 5tatemet)ts for the year ended 31 July 2025
11 Debtors
2025
2024
Trade debtor5
Prepayments and accrued incDme
17,135
243,848
796
796
261,183
12 Crethtors
Amowt5 falling due Mthin one year
2025
2024
Trade credlto
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Defer￿d Income
63,840
32,012
2,169
71,318
40,346
2.092
380,423
98,021
494,179
13 Stslement of fijnds
At 1 August 2024
Income
Expendlture
Tra￿fer$
At 31 July 2025
Unrestricted
375,600
497,276
1536,6171
336,259
Restrirted
93,930
93.930
Total Funds
469,530
497,276
1536,6171
430,189
Cornparativ* mtsyement ITr fun
At 1 Au8ust 2023
Income
Expendlture
Transfers
At 31 July 2024
Unrestrleted
296,595
586.545
1507,5401
375.600
Restricted
93,930
93,930
Total
390,525
586,545
1507,5401
469,530
Restricted furKJs represents the net a55ets introduced by rnentÈr Colleges on Incorwr*ion less a donation of
£41,742 and is repayable to the Colleges if FE s￿eX was wound up at ￿met11ne in future.
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FE SUSS£X
IA Company Limited by Guaranteè nDt hawr4 a Share Capltall
Notes on financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025
14 Anatysls of net a55ets between funds
Unre5trKied
Funds
Restricted
Ftsnd5
Total
Tangible ffxed assets
Current a￿etS
Curront liablllties
Lon4 term 15abflities
433.168
198,0211
93,930
577,098
198,0211
Total nèt ￿Sets
336,259
93,930
0,189
15 Taxatlon
The company is a ￿lStered charity and, as such. is exempt from tax Lnder Settion 478 of the Corwratlon Taxes
Act 2010. on the basis that income is applied for charitable FUrr￿Se5 only.
16 Related Partyrransactior
The CEO, Ms J D Clark's is employed by the rnember College, Chlthester Coll¢e GroLP> and seconded to the
company. Included vrithin rv)n staff costs ère £145,189 12024.. É130.8891 ￿latIng to salary> pension and relevant
taxeg, incIL￿￿n4 value added tax.
17 Share Capital
The company 19 lirnited by guarantee and has nts share capital.
The liability Df each member in the event of wndln4-UP the comparty 15 limfted to £10.
18 Capital com￿llMent
re were no capital commitwents or coDtiryent liabllities &lS at 31st July 202512024- £n111-
19 Control
FE SLssex 15 under the tontrol of Tr￿tee$, 85 detailed in the Tr￿lee5, reporr.
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