Registered charity · Brighton
Fabrica
- 11 trustees
- Income £406k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Susanne Maria OwusuChair · since 2025
- Beth Lucy GibbonsTrustee · since 2025
- David O'ConnorTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Helen Jean WalkerTrustee · since 2001
- Harriet Veronica HughesTrustee · since 2025
- Helen Rachael CharltonTrustee · since 2025
- Jeffrey SouthernTrustee · since 2025
- LEE RodwellTrustee · since 2021
- Louise BristowTrustee · since 2019
- Matthew John SedenTrustee · since 2025
- Nick TandavanitjTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- www.fabrica.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Fabrica
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£406k£410k
- 2024£480k£430k
- 2023£503k£619k
Earlier years
- 2022£496k£529k
- 2021£532k£463k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND PLACES WHERE THEY MAY BE PRACTISED AND WHERE ART AND ARTIFACTS MAY BE EXHIBITED WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS IN SUSSEX AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Grants received
25 grants · £545,603 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £180,842
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £180,695 (3 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £63,147 (13 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,645 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department of Health and Social Care
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Susanne Maria Owusu Chair since 2025
- Beth Lucy Gibbons since 2025
- David O'Connor since 2024
- Dr Helen Jean Walker since 2001
- Harriet Veronica Hughes since 2025
- Helen Rachael Charlton since 2025
- Jeffrey Southern since 2025
- LEE Rodwell since 2021
- Louise Bristow since 2019
- Matthew John Seden since 2025
- Nick Tandavanitj since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Helen Jean Walker since 2001
- Louise Bristow since 2019
- Nick Tandavanitj since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Susanne Maria Owusu Chair since 2025
- Beth Lucy Gibbons since 2025
- Harriet Veronica Hughes since 2025
- Helen Rachael Charlton since 2025
- Jeffrey Southern since 2025
- Louise Bristow since 2019
- Matthew John Seden since 2025
- Nick Tandavanitj since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- David O'Connor since 2024
- Dr Helen Jean Walker since 2001
- LEE Rodwell since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1055584
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH APRIL 1996
- Companies House
- Company number 03185119 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273778646 · office@fabrica.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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