The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Guild Care

Registered charity 1044658 Registered since 1995

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 29Professional services 6Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£26.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2021

604 from 562 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
8%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.guildcare.org
Emailheadoffice@guildcare.org
Phone01903 528600
AddressGuild Care, Methold House, 11 North Street, WORTHING, BN11 1DU

Finances

£26,686,379 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£16,210,035£17,265,659
2022£15,819,539£15,693,632
2023£18,201,446£18,548,069
2024£21,563,899£20,679,130
2025£26,686,379£24,073,881

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE AREAS OF GREATER LONDON EAST AND WEST SUSSEX AND SUCH OTHER AREAS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,SICKNESS AND THE AGED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/02/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/02/2014 AS AMENDED ON 23 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JUL 2020 as amended on 25 Sept 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
62median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Guild Care · 03021390 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/02/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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