Registered charity · East Sussex
The Matthew 25 Mission
- 7 trustees
- Income £255k (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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.matthew25mission.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Matthew 25 Mission
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£255k£196k
- 2024£298k£247k
- 2023£240k£236k
Earlier years
- 2022£305k£199k
- 2021£175k£181k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN EASTBOURNE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Grants received
14 grants · £106,910 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
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000 (2 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £24,580 (6 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £20,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £12,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
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
- Anne Philippa Oliphant since 2025
- David Michael Lofthouse since 2023
- Dr Valerie Lesley Dawson since 2026
- Jill Kirkdale since 2023
- Matthew Isaac Ford since 2026
- Mihai Eduard Coliban since 2025
- Simon Kirkdale since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Anne Philippa Oliphant since 2025
- David Michael Lofthouse since 2023
- Dr Valerie Lesley Dawson since 2026
- Jill Kirkdale since 2023
- Matthew Isaac Ford since 2026
- Mihai Eduard Coliban since 2025
- Simon Kirkdale since 2023
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1163389
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JUN 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09649569 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01323 726960 · manager@matthew25mission.org
- 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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