Registered charity (CIO) · West Sussex
Befriended
- 8 trustees
- Income £155k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Disability, Religious Activities, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- www.befriended.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£155k£106k
- 2024£88k£83k
- 2023£86k£61k
Earlier years
- 2022£31k£40k
- 2021£31k£24k
Charitable objects
1)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH A BEFRIENDING / CARE SERVICE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
- George Baxter Chair since 2022
- David Chewter since 2021
- Emma Lambert since 2025
- Gail Millar since 2017
- Julia Crook since 2024
- Patricia Johns since 2025
- Rev William Kemp since 2016
- Susan Fleet since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Gail Millar since 2017
- Rev William Kemp since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- George Baxter Chair since 2022
- David Chewter since 2021
- Emma Lambert since 2025
- Julia Crook since 2024
- Susan Fleet since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Gail Millar since 2017
- Patricia Johns since 2025
- Rev William Kemp since 2016
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175623
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Nov 2017
- Contact on the register
- 0300 7727703 · office@befriended.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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