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Registered charity · West Sussex

The Ropetackle Centre Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £954k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
West Sussex
Website
www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Ropetackle Centre Trust
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£954k£884k
  • 2023£926k£866k
  • 2022£712k£668k
Earlier years
  • 2021£537k£467k
  • 2020£356k£292k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE PRIMARY OBJECTS") FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED ARE:I) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, SINGING, MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS;II) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ADUR AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Grants received

6 grants · £40,545 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

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.

6.3y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10

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

Arts and leisure 12Business services 2Retail and trade 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£954k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

10 from 6 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1109381
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 11 MAY 2004
Companies House
Company number 05124613 · Active
Contact on the register
01273464440 · admin@ropetacklecentre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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