The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Towner

Registered charity 1156762 Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 2Education/training 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.

Education 10Arts and leisure 5Construction 5

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£3.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021

54 from 46 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.
36%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.townereastbourne.org.uk
Emailtowner@townereastbourne.org.uk
Phone01323 434670
AddressTowner Art Gallery, Devonshire Park, College Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 4JJ

Finances

£3,554,485 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,864,298£1,335,732
2022£2,593,441£1,831,276
2023£3,548,751£2,379,122
2024£3,665,931£3,322,554
2025£3,554,485£2,641,316

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:- ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR ART GALLERY; AND/OR- WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS BY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TOWNER IN EASTBOURNE; AND/OR- ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS THROUGH TOWNER?S ART COLLECTION; AND/OR- PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANALOGOUS TO ANY OF THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE ?OBJECTS?).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 DEC 2013 as amended on 10 Mar 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Towner · 08803625 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/12/2013

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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