Focus Arts CHI UK

Registered charity 1200784 CIO Registered since 2022

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

4 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Chichester Natural History Society 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.sdpf.org.uk
Email	southdownspf@gmail.com
Phone	07957818623
Address	3 THE RUMMERS, CHICHESTER, PO19 5RT

Finances

£5,652 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2023	£9,716	£4,459
2024	£4,058	£5,019
2025	£5,652	£5,727

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

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.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Oct 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Barry Thomas Smith Chair since 2022
Alan Paul Bush since 2025
Ian Barnett since 2023
Joan Secombe since 2022
Lesley Amanda Gravett since 2022

Connected charities (1)

Chichester Natural History Society 1 shared trustee

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