Registered charity · Brighton
LAY Community of ST Benedict
- 9 trustees
- Income £89k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anna Mace-LeskaTrustee · since 2025
- Anne HeslopTrustee · since 2022
- Charles Michael Harry WookeyTrustee · since 2024
- David O'LearyTrustee · since 2023
- Hugh ComerfordTrustee · since 2022
- Kenneth Adam SimonTrustee · since 2020
- Mary Elizabeth StockerTrustee · since 2025
- Patrick Kevin ClearyTrustee · since 2024
- Phillip Henry GrayTrustee · since 2025
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, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.laybenedictines.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- LAY Community of ST Benedict
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£89k£110k
- 2024£83k£90k
- 2023£75k£74k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£69k
- 2021£37k£25k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PROMOTION OF BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY AND ITS VALUE OF PRAYER, SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY IN STABLE COMMUNITY;3.2 THE RELIEF OF THE INFIRM, AGED OR POOR;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND3.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE IN ENGLISH LAW WHETHER OR NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Grants received
2 grants · £19,100 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
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £19,100 (2 grants)
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Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Anna Mace-Leska since 2025
- Anne Heslop since 2022
- Charles Michael Harry Wookey since 2024
- David O'Leary since 2023
- Hugh Comerford since 2022
- Kenneth Adam Simon since 2020
- Mary Elizabeth Stocker since 2025
- Patrick Kevin Cleary since 2024
- Phillip Henry Gray since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Anna Mace-Leska since 2025
- Anne Heslop since 2022
- Charles Michael Harry Wookey since 2024
- David O'Leary since 2023
- Hugh Comerford since 2022
- Kenneth Adam Simon since 2020
- Mary Elizabeth Stocker since 2025
- Patrick Kevin Cleary since 2024
- Phillip Henry Gray since 2025
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
- 1100638
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19 JULY 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 04838564 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07809648180 · eventsandfinance@lcsb.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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