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Hamsey Church Trust

Hamsey Church Trust is a registered charity (number 1171383) based in Lewes, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Nicholas Charles Lear since 2017. Latest income £368 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £368 (2025)

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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
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
East Sussex
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£368£15k
  • 2024£673£0
  • 2023£551£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£121£28k
  • 2021£106£28k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE CONSERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP AND BEAUTIFICATION OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, HEMSEY, SUSSEX AND OF ITS MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, FURNITURE AND SURROUNDS.

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.

4 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Religious Activities 4General Charitable Purposes 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.

Property 4Arts and leisure 2Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£673 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1171383
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Jan 2017
Contact on the register
01273400321
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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