Registered charity · West Sussex
Chichester Community Development Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
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
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.chichestercdt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chichester Community Development Trust
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£1.1m
- 2024£1.4m£1.6m
- 2023£535k£658k
Earlier years
- 2022£2.1m£703k
- 2021£1.5m£367k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH EAST CHICHESTER AND THESURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OFPOLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTSAND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORTTO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFAREFOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THEPOWER TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TOMAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THEMAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THECHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF ART FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAININGAFFORDABLE STUDIO SPACE FOR ARTISTS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMSAPPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS.3.3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISIONOF TRAINING OR BY PROVIDING WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS OR LAND.3.4 THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEPHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RAISING AWARENESSOF AND ENCOURAGING PRACTICAL STEPS TO REDUCE LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBONDIOXIDE.
Grants received
24 grants · £3,414,978 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 Heritage Fund · £3,004,578 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £223,235 (5 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £75,640 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,380 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £27,350 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Susan James Chair since 2019
- John Eagles since 2016
- Jonathan Brown since 2022
- Mike Robbins since 2023
- Nicky Dodds since 2021
- Sophie Hamnett since 2025
- Tony Cross since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan James Chair since 2019
- John Eagles since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Susan James Chair since 2019
- John Eagles since 2016
- Jonathan Brown since 2022
- Mike Robbins since 2023
- Nicky Dodds since 2021
- Sophie Hamnett since 2025
- Tony Cross since 2025
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.
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
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1140014
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 DECEMBER 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 20 DECEMBER 2010 as amended on 11 Dec 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07114119 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01243537526 · info@chichestercdt.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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.
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