The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Combe Valley

Registered charity 1163581 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: East Sussex

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 11Economic/community Development/employment 2Recreation 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.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
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incomespending£4k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.friendsofcombevalley.co.uk
Emailteam@friendsofcombevalley.co.uk
Phone07594 220 024
Address501 Bexhill Road, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, East Sussex, TN38 8AT

Finances

£4,335 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,879£6,036
2022£11,999£16,754
2023£5,985£8,751
2024£8,824£6,066
2025£4,335£7,998

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

The objects of the CIO are: To work within the Combe Haven Valley and in particular within the boundaries of the Combe Valley Countryside Park - 1. To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, including biodiversity, in particular but not exclusively by, encouraging the public to use and enjoy the area and its fauna and flora. 2. To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 15 SEP 2015 AS AMENDED ON 03 APR 2019AMENDED ON 23 FEB 2021 as amended on 08 Mar 2022

Trustees (11)

11trustees
76median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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