Registered charity (CIO) · West Sussex
Community People MID Sussex
To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community across the regions of the South East and its environs (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) and, in particular by:(1) Building the capacity of voluntary, community, and social...
- 8 trustees
- Income £446k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James William BaldwinChair · since 2014
- Andrew John LanglerTrustee · since 2022
- David William MasonTrustee · since 2022
- Gabrielle GardnerTrustee · since 2021
- John Charles BinesTrustee · since 2024
- Melissa Katherine CaseTrustee · since 2022
- Patrick Oswald MayhewTrustee · since 2022
- Victoria DickinsonTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- www.communitypeople.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£446k£314k
- 2024£333k£247k
- 2023£145k£265k
Earlier years
- 2022£291k£223k
- 2021£193k£138k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 11% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community across the regions of the South East and its environs (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) and, in particular by:(1) Building the capacity of voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) and provide them with the necessary support, information, and services to enable them to pursue or contribute to any charitable purpose(2) Fostering partnership working to bring together the representatives of VCSE organisations, statutory authorities, and other organisations within the area of benefit.(3) Promoting and improving the efficient and effective use of charitable and community resources in the achievement of the above purposes by providing consultancy and advice services to national, regional, and local representatives of VCSE organisations, statutory authorities, and other organisations.
Grants received
13 grants · £381,716 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 · £274,517 (3 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £57,199 (9 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £50,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Community 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.
8 trustees on the board
- James William Baldwin Chair since 2014
- Andrew John Langler since 2022
- David William Mason since 2022
- Gabrielle Gardner since 2021
- John Charles Bines since 2024
- Melissa Katherine Case since 2022
- Patrick Oswald Mayhew since 2022
- Victoria Dickinson since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- James William Baldwin Chair since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew John Langler since 2022
- David William Mason since 2022
- Gabrielle Gardner since 2021
- John Charles Bines since 2024
- Melissa Katherine Case since 2022
- Patrick Oswald Mayhew since 2022
- Victoria Dickinson since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- James William Baldwin Chair since 2014
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158780
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ONREGISTERED ON 06 OCT 2014AMENDED ON 27 MAR 2018 as amended on 16 Apr 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01444258102 · enquires@communitypeople.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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