The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Sussex Community Foundation

Registered charity 1113226 Registered since 2006

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 2Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1

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

Finance 13Professional services 10Arts and leisure 7

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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£3.6m latest income
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.

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

15 from 12 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.sussexcommunityfoundation.org
Emailinfo@sussexcommunityfoundation.org
Phone01273409440
AddressSussex Community Foundation, 15 Western Road, LEWES, BN7 1RL

Finances

£3,553,610 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,863,954£5,744,211
2022£3,450,953£5,469,429
2023£4,274,437£4,657,346
2024£4,062,970£4,009,937
2025£3,553,610£4,249,561

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTIES OF EAST SUSSEX, WEST SUSSEX AND THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 JANUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 MAY 2010.

Trustees (11)

11trustees
67median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sussex Community Foundation · 05670692 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/01/2006

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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