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Registered charity · No. 1162408 · PulboroughiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.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.How we handle data

Sussex Traditions

Income
£1k
▼ 77.0% on 2024
Expenditure
£2k
▲ 81.4% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
13
11.0y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
N/A
Small charityi
How am I connected?

Overview

Sussex Traditions's network

13 people4 organisationsi13 listed on the board. 4 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Sussex Traditions. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

13 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Mike TristramChair2015
11 yrs
Ben CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
Bob LewisTrustee2015
11 yrs
Jill Susan CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
John James CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
Jon DudleyTrustee2015
11 yrs
Lizzie BennettTrustee2017
9 yrs
Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBETrustee2015
11 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 13 →

Board

The board

13 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Mike TristramChair2015
11 yrs
Ben CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
Bob LewisTrustee2015
11 yrs
Jill Susan CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
John James CopperTrustee2015
11 yrs
Jon DudleyTrustee2015
11 yrs
Lizzie BennettTrustee2017
9 yrs
Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBETrustee2015
11 yrs
Stephen Leslie RoudTrustee2015
11 yrs
Steve MatchamTrustee2015
11 yrs
Tony ElphickTrustee2015
11 yrs
Valmai Katherine GoodyearTrustee2015
11 yrs
Victor SmithTrustee2017
9 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
10.7y
median 11y
Longest tenure
11y
since 2015
Years in governance
12.9y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
2
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
0
of 13 on the board

13 trustees on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

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

Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast

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Network

Network

iThe large node is Sussex Traditions. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.

Income and expenditure

5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£2k£4k£6k20252024202320222021£1.29k£2.10k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Sussex Traditions has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£2.13k£2.04k£1.05k£5.61k£1.29k
Total expenditure£3.55k£1.07k£808£1.16k£2.10k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grantsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Sussex Traditions has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 March 202531 January 202630 December 2025Not requiredOn timeNone online
31 March 202431 January 202527 December 2024Not requiredOn timeNone online
31 March 202331 January 20247 November 2023Not requiredOn timeNone online
31 March 202231 January 20235 January 2023Not requiredOn timeNone online
31 March 202131 January 202221 December 2021Not requiredOn timeNone online
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register. Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

1 grantiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.
Total from published grants
£10k
£10,000
Grants
1
published to 360Giving
Funders
1
distinct funders
Latest grant
Dec 2015
21 December 2015

Grants awarded 21 December 2015.

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

1 funder
FunderGrantsTotalYears
The National Lottery Heritage Fund1£10,0002015

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
21 December 2015The National Lottery Heritage Fund"Foundation Project"£10,000

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND OF EDUCATION, TO COLLECT, CONSERVE AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE, AND TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE UNDERSTANDING ENJOYMENT AND CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FROM THE SUSSEX AREA SUCH AS PLAYS, SONGS AND STORIES, MUSIC AND DANCE, FOLKLORE, MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS, SPORTS AND GAMES, ARTS CULTURE SKILLS AND CRAFTS, SPEECH AND DIALECT AND OTHER TRADITION-BORNE ACTIVITIES CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS, KNOWN AS SUSSEX TRADITIONS

What it does

  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation

Who it helps

  • Other defined groups

How it helps

  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
Local authorities: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 21/06/2015 as filed
Register history
  • 25 June 2015Registered

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.sussextraditions.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

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