The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Petworth Cottage Trust

Registered charity 1044840 Registered since 1995

Operates: 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.

7.9y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Arts and leisure 9Health and social care 1

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.
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incomespending£4k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Related organisations

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.petworthcottagemuseum.co.uk
EmailPETWORTHCOTTAGEMUSEUM@YAHOO.CO.UK
Phone01798343220
AddressGrasmere, North Mead, North Mead, PETWORTH, PETWORTH, West Sussex, GU28 9NJ

Finances

£4,123 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,377£5,198
2022£10,755£9,001
2023£9,168£12,708
2024£3,057£11,221
2025£4,123£11,711

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY AFFORDING THEM ACCESS TO THE LECONFIELD ESTATE WORKERS COTTAGE AT 346 HIGH STREET PETWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX RESTORED AND FURNISHED AS IT WOULD HAVE APPEARED IN ABOUT THE YEAR 1910 WHEN THE LECONFIELD ESTATE WAS AT ITS APOGEE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 31ST JAN 1995

Trustees (9)

9trustees
76median age
7aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Petworth Cottage Trust · 03016747 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/01/1995

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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