The Venik Trust
Registered charity 1063185 Registered since 1997
Operates: Italy, Ukraine, Chile, Throughout England
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Rodney GUY Seddon Chair since 1997
- Charlotte d'Auvergne Venter since 2025
- Dr Claudia Loreto Seddon since 2025
- Dr Valeria Carmen Munoz Lorenzo since 2025
- Harriet-May Joanna Saddington since 2025
- Valerie Seddon since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Rodney GUY Seddon Chair since 1997
- Valerie Seddon since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rodney GUY Seddon Chair since 1997
- Charlotte d'Auvergne Venter since 2025
- Dr Claudia Loreto Seddon since 2025
- Dr Valeria Carmen Munoz Lorenzo since 2025
- Harriet-May Joanna Saddington since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Valerie Seddon since 2013
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
33.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
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
- The Sussex Snowdrop Trust 1 shared trustee
- Friends of ST Michael's Church, UP Marden 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Life and Light Missions Similar size; both Overseas aid
- Guru Nanak Durbar (Sikh Temple), Erith & Belvedere, Kent Similar size; both Overseas aid
- Pump AID Similar size; both Overseas aid
- Anjuman-E-Saifee (Leicester) Similar size; both Overseas aid
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.venik.co.uk |
| veniktrust@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 01243535303 |
| Address | UP MARDEN FARM, UP MARDEN, CHICHESTER, PO18 9JR |
Finances
£938,401 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £115,033 | £113,111 |
| 2022 | £93,067 | £187,794 |
| 2023 | £145,287 | £101,285 |
| 2024 | £173,182 | £59,718 |
| 2025 | £938,401 | £920,119 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefWho
Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
A) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT AND OTHER DISABILITIES; ANDB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PARENTS AND OTHER PERSONS IN ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CONDITIONS, IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN ORPHANAGES AND GENERALLY THOSE IN NEED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD BY SUCH MEANS AS IS CHARITABLE
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 20 MARCH 1997 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION 11 JUNE 1997 as amended on 04 Feb 2026
Trustees (6)
- Rodney GUY Seddonage band 75-79 Chair since 1997
- Charlotte d'Auvergne Venter since 2025
- Dr Claudia Loreto Seddon since 2025
- Dr Valeria Carmen Munoz Lorenzo since 2025
- Harriet-May Joanna Saddington since 2025
- Valerie Seddonage band 80-84 since 2013
Connected charities (2)
- The Sussex Snowdrop Trust 1 shared trustee
- Friends of ST Michael's Church, UP Marden 1 shared trustee
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