Registered charity · East Sussex
OLD Shebbearian WAR Memorial Fund
OLD Shebbearian WAR Memorial Fund is a registered charity (number 1109332) based in East Sussex, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £6k (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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£0
- 2024£6k£0
- 2023£6k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£5k
- 2021£7k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE INVESTMENTS SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO ALL STANDING IN OUR JOINT NAMES REPRESENT THE FUNDS COLLECTED FOR THE OLD SHEBBEARIAN WAS MEMORIAL.2. AFTER PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION THE DIVIDENDS FROM THE SAID INVESTMENT SHALL BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF A SCHOLARSHIP TENABLE AT SOME PLACE OR PLACES OF HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFIED AS SUCH BY THE HEADMASTER FOR THE TIME BEING OF SHEBBEAR COLLEGE FOR PUPILS WHO HAVE BEEN STUDENTS AT SHEBBEAR COLLEGE NORTH DEVON WHETHER RESIDENT OR NON RESIDENT IN THE COLLEGE FOR THE PERIOD AT LEAST OF ONE SCHOLASTIC YEAR. THE SAID LEAVING SCHOLARSHIP IS TO BE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO SUCH STUDENT OR STUDENTS AS SHALL IN THE UNFETTERED DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES BE DEEMED TO BE MOST WORTHY BUT IN THE EXERCISE OF SUCH DISCRETION THE TRUSTEES SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO SONS OF OLD BOYS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE WAR AND GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEADMASTER FOR THE TIME BEING.IN DEFAULT OF FIT CANDIDATES THE INCOME APPLICABLE THERETO MAY BE ACCUMULATED FOR THE LIKE PURPOSES IN FUTURE WORLDS IN FUTURE YEARS.THE SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE TENABLE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION. THE USE OF ITS FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT OR PAST PUPILS OF SHEBEAR COLLEGE WHETHER BY THE GRANTING TO THEM OF EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHERWISE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THEIR BENEFIT.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Andrew Thomas since 2015
- Chris Blencowe since 2014
- Lester Bird since 2015
- Simon Birks since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Thomas since 2015
- Chris Blencowe since 2014
- Lester Bird since 2015
- Simon Birks since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Thomas since 2015
- Chris Blencowe since 2014
- Lester Bird since 2015
- Simon Birks since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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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
- 1109332
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 14 MAY 1924 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 25 JANUARY 2003,
- Contact on the register
- 07910682789 · simonbirks@live.co.uk
- 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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