Registered charity · Brighton
Friends Centre
- 8 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Yvonne Hillier.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.friendscentre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2019: Government contracts 38% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE GENERAL AND BASIC EDUCATION FOR ADULTS IN BRIGHTON, HOVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
6 grants · £307,640 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £270,840 (5 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £36,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Richard Hopkins Chair since 2014
- Ann Foster since 2014
- Cllr MRS Juliet Diana Mccaffery
- Hilary Susan Ellis since 2016
- Linda Morrice
- Michael Graham NIX since 2016
- Sean Hanan since 2017
- Yvonne Hillier since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Hopkins Chair since 2014
- Ann Foster since 2014
- Hilary Susan Ellis since 2016
- Michael Graham NIX since 2016
- Sean Hanan since 2017
- Yvonne Hillier since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Richard Hopkins Chair since 2014
- Ann Foster since 2014
- Cllr MRS Juliet Diana Mccaffery
- Hilary Susan Ellis since 2016
- Linda Morrice
- Michael Graham NIX since 2016
- Sean Hanan since 2017
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1102262
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 NOVEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2009.
- Contact on the register
- 01273810210 · info@friendscentre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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