Registered charity (CIO) · Chichester
Focus Arts CHI UK
Focus Arts CHI UK is a registered charity (number 1200784) based in Chichester, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Barry Thomas Smith since 2022. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- www.sdpf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£4k£5k
- 2023£10k£4k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF POETRY AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF POETRY IN CHICHESTER DISTRICT, SOUTH DOWNS AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL POETRY FESTIVAL AND/OR OTHER POETRY EVENTS AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMES AND BY THE PUBLICATION OF PUBLICATIONS.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Barry Thomas Smith Chair since 2022
- Alan Paul Bush since 2025
- Ian Barnett since 2023
- Joan Secombe since 2022
- Lesley Amanda Gravett since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Barry Thomas Smith Chair since 2022
- Alan Paul Bush since 2025
- Joan Secombe since 2022
- Lesley Amanda Gravett since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Ian Barnett since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1200784
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07957818623 · southdownspf@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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