Registered charity · West Sussex
Sussex Lantern
Sussex Lantern is a registered charity (number 1091463) based in West Sussex, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Francis George Wright BEM. Latest income £251k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 2 trustees
- Income £251k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.sussexlantern.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sussex Lantern
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£251k£291k
- 2024£263k£288k
- 2023£530k£285k
Earlier years
- 2022£995k£460k
- 2021£261k£226k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN SUSSEX ("THE OBJECTS").
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Francis George Wright BEM Chair
- Gloria Doris Wright since 2003
Trustees past 6 years
- Gloria Doris Wright since 2003
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Francis George Wright BEM Chair
- Gloria Doris Wright since 2003
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.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1091463
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 4TH JANUARY 2002.
- Companies House
- Company number 04347767 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273 841877 · sussexlantern@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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