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Registered charity · Winchelsea

The Corporation of Winchelsea

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £39k (2024)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Where
East Sussex, Kent
Website
www,winchelsea.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£39k£47k
  • 2023£25k£23k
  • 2022£21k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2021£15k£19k
Charitable objects

1. TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC TRADITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROLE OF WINCHELSEA AS AN ANCIENT TOWN OF THE CINQUE PORTS CONFEDERATION. 2. TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HISTORIC COURT HALL AND TOWN GATES OF WINCHELSEA AND ANY OTHER LAND AND PROPERTIES THEREON IN ITS CHARGE.3. TO HOLD THE COURT HALL AND THE THREE TOWN GATES (NEW, FERRY AND STRAND) AS DESIGNATED LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY. 4. TO OVERSEE THE STATE OF THE COURT HALL, THREE TOWN GATES ENSURING THEY ARE PRESERVED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR APPEARANCE. 5. TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING A RECORD OF THE TOWN OF WINCHELSEA AND ITS PEOPLE.

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.

13 trustees on the board

6.8y median 5y
average tenure
22y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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.

General Charitable Purposes 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Recreation 10Environment/conservation/heritage 3Education/training 2Religious Activities 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.

Education 2Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£39k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1192506
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 12 NOV 2020
Contact on the register
01797224762 · winchelsea.tc@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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