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Registered charity (CIO) · Brighton

The 5BEL Charitable Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £10k (2024)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.brightonbelle.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£10k£75k
  • 2023£9k£97k
  • 2022£11k£103k
Earlier years
  • 2021£400k£91k
  • 2020£11m£86k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION OF AND EXHIBITION OF BRITISH ELECTRIC TRAINS AND OTHER VEHICLES INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, THE BRIGHTON BELLE, ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING AND EXHIBITION OF THEM AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BRITISH ELECTRIC TRAINS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

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.

6y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Transport 6Other services 3Arts and leisure 1

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£10k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
1184057
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 24 Jun 2019
Contact on the register
07841578423 · admin@brightonbelle.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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