The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Lotus Families

Registered charity 1108855 Registered since 2005

Operates: East 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.

8 trustees on the board

1.5y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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 8Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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£269k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lotus-families.org.uk
Emailhello@lotus-families.org.uk
Phone01273612025
AddressNEWHAVEN ENTERPRISE CENTRE, DENTON ISLAND, NEWHAVEN, EAST SUSSEX, BN9 9BA

Finances

£268,516 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£145,095£125,148
2022£176,166£161,312
2023£292,041£275,889
2024£325,906£281,176
2025£268,516£275,188

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN EAST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA:A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE AT RISK OF HARM AND DISADVANTAGE, INCLUDING THOSE AT RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN ALL ITS FORMS.B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/02/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/11/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/04/2014 as amended on 01 Apr 2024 as amended on 11 Oct 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lotus Families · 05368531 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/02/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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