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Annual Reports

The Strategic Plan is reviewed and reported on every year via the publication of an Annual Report. This is the key mechanism by which the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board is held to account for the work it carries out. The Annual Report is shared with the Chief Executive and Leader of the Local Authority, Sussex Police and the West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board.

Disclaimer

Our Annual Report 2024/25 includes reference to our Safeguarding Adults Review in respect of Tom (2024). Please note that in November 2025 the convictions for holding a person in slavery and servitude were deemed unsafe and quashed. The convictions for ill-treatment and actual bodily harm remain, and a retrial in respect of the quashed offences was refused (Webb & Somerset-How v R: Personal Autonomy, Servitude and the Single Offence of ‘Holding in Slavery’ under the Modern Slavery Act 2015).

Supporting documents:

Our Easy Read Annual Report

This year, we have once again worked with Easy Read Online and Burnside Day Opportunities Hub Digital Community Group on our Easy Read Annual Report 2024/25 (PDF, 4MB).

The Easy Read version uses easier words and supporting pictures. You might find it easier to understand than the main version.

You can view each of our past published Annual Reports below:

Last updated: 22 June 2026