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Registered charity · East Sussex

Chailey Heritage Foundation

The objects of the Charity (the "Objects") are, for the public benefit, the education and care of people who have physical disabilities and other complex health needs, particularly but not exclusively children and young persons (the "Beneficiaries")...

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.chf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Chailey Heritage Foundation
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£18m
  • 2024£18m£17m
  • 2023£16m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2022£14m£14m
  • 2021£13m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 82% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity (the "Objects") are, for the public benefit, the education and care of people who have physical disabilities and other complex health needs, particularly but not exclusively children and young persons (the "Beneficiaries") including (without limitation) the conduct and maintenance of a special school (the "School") within the meaning of the Education Acts; the provision of day services to Beneficiaries; the provision of a transition service for Beneficiaries; and the provision of support to the families and carers of Beneficiaries.

Grants received

21 grants · £1,422,008 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

15 trustees on the board

3.2y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

13
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 15Disability 15Education/training 15

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

Education 15Finance 11Professional services 6

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£18.4m 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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

442 from 458 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.
88%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1075837
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/09/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 AUG 2017 as amended on 06 Feb 2020 as amended on 17 Aug 2026
Companies House
Company number 03769775 · Active
Contact on the register
01825724444 · fduff@chf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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