Registered charity · Lewes
AGE Concern East Sussex
The charitable purposes of the Charity are to promote the relief of older people in any manner which is now or hereafter may be deemed to be charitable in and around the County of East Sussex (the ‘Area of Benefit’), and at the discretion of the...
- 8 trustees
- Income £3.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is AGE Concern East Sussex. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.ageuk.org.uk/eastsussex (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- AGE Concern East Sussex
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.0m£3.0m
- 2024£2.7m£2.8m
- 2023£2.8m£2.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£2.0m
- 2021£2.2m£1.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The charitable purposes of the Charity are to promote the relief of older people in any manner which is now or hereafter may be deemed to be charitable in and around the County of East Sussex (the ‘Area of Benefit’), and at the discretion of the Trustees, to promote the relief of people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage where engagement in such activity is considered complementary to the Charity’s primary purpose. To further or benefit the residents of the Area of Benefit, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents .
Grants received
22 grants · £811,888 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £291,904 (5 grants)
- Independent Age · £150,000
- LUND TRUST · £100,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £100,000
- Sussex Community Foundation · £37,372 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- LUND TRUST
- LUND TRUST
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Carys Williams Chair since 2023
- Benjamin Edwards since 2026
- Carla Hawkins since 2026
- Dr Omotayo Olusola since 2026
- John Merchant since 2013
- Laura Mucha since 2023
- Martin Burke since 2015
- Ralph Henry Chapman
Trustees past 6 years
- John Merchant since 2013
- Martin Burke since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Carys Williams Chair since 2023
- Benjamin Edwards since 2026
- Carla Hawkins since 2026
- Dr Omotayo Olusola since 2026
- John Merchant since 2013
- Laura Mucha since 2023
- Martin Burke since 2015
- Ralph Henry Chapman
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1139470
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 APRIL 2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/02/2015 as amended on 10 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07216053 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273476704 · customerservices@ageukeastsussex.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data