The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Bevern Trust

Registered charity 1103520 Registered since 2004

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex

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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.

7y median 8.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£2.2m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

71 from 68 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.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.beverntrust.org
Emailjane.nurse@beverntrust.org
Phone01273400752
AddressTHE BEVERN TRUST, BEVERN VIEW, THE WILLOWS, BARCOMBE, LEWES, BN8 5FJ

Finances

£2,194,333 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,678,824£1,582,340
2022£2,118,546£1,608,857
2023£1,878,655£1,866,342
2024£2,110,389£2,052,728
2025£2,194,333£2,018,545

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING, PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR OTHER FORM OF DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES, HOLIDAY FACILITIES AND MEDICAL CARE2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PERSONS WHO RESIDE AT BEVERN VIEW 3. THE PROMOTION OF AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF LEARNING DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITY; THEIR NEEDS AND THE SUPPORT OF SUCH PEOPLE (AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THE SAME).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 DECEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 APRIL 2004.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Bevern Trust · 04993720 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/12/2003

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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