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The Friends of Ditchling

Registered charity 1114124 Registered since 2006

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.

4y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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

Property 6Finance 1Hospitality 1

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£21k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.friendsofditchling.co.uk
Emailinfo@friendsofditchling.co.uk
Phone07968562304
AddressCOURT COTTAGE, LODGE HILL LANE, DITCHLING, HASSOCKS, BN6 8SP

Finances

£21,110 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,287£6,522
2022£10,559£5,811
2023£13,774£7,424
2024£12,421£11,034
2025£21,110£13,787

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1 TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE PROPERTY IN THE PARISH OF DITCHLING IN EAST SUSSEX AS OPEN SPACES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID PARISH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.2 TO FURTHER OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID PARISH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 FEBRUARY 2006

Trustees (6)

6trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Friends of Ditchling · 05724504 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/02/2006

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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