Registered charity (CIO) · Lewes
The Company
- 3 trustees
- Income £63k (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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.thecompanyuk.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£63k£18k
- 2024£26k£37k
- 2023£26k£9k
Earlier years
- 2022£42k£78k
- 2021£40k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF ART, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN PERFORMANCE ART INCLUDING DRAMATIC, MUSICAL, PERFORMANCE, LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTS, THROUGH CREATING LIVE AND RECORDED PRODUCTIONS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS INCLUDING RELATED HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS.
Grants received
2 grants · £8,992 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 · £4,992
- Sussex Community Foundation · £4,000
Most recent
- 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.
3 trustees on the board
- Christopher Sheffield since 2015
- Christopher Geoffrey Dixon since 2022
- Christopher Ronald Dixon since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Sheffield since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher Sheffield since 2015
- Christopher Geoffrey Dixon since 2022
- Christopher Ronald Dixon since 2024
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163093
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Aug 2015
- Contact on the register
- 0771 265 0568 · stephen@thecompanyuk.com
- 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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