Registered charity · Lewes
The Chancery Lane Project
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2024)
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, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.chancerylaneproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Chancery Lane Project
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.5m£1.9m
- 2023£2.3m£9k
Charitable objects
1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LAWYERS AND LAW STUDENTS) IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ROLE OF THE LAW AND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS IN CONTRIBUTING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTING, ENHANCING AND REHABILITATING THE ENVIRONMENT) PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE PUBLISHED;2) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY ENCOURAGING LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL DRAFTING PRACTICES WHICH ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES, INVESTORS AND OTHER ACTORS TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND USE RESOURCES PRUDENTLY: AND3) ADVANCING ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.“SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS;
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Matthew Owen Gingell Chair since 2022
- Jonathan Hakim since 2024
- Jonathan Samuel Saverimuttu since 2024
- Sarah Alice Oliver Scemla since 2022
- Stephen Thomas since 2024
- Yasmin Waljee since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Matthew Owen Gingell Chair since 2022
- Jonathan Hakim since 2024
- Sarah Alice Oliver Scemla since 2022
- Stephen Thomas since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Jonathan Samuel Saverimuttu since 2024
- Yasmin Waljee since 2022
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
7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2023
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1204664
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 JUL 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 SEP 2023 as amended on 18 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 14237798 · Active
- Contact on the register
- +447961373385 · contact@chancerylaneproject.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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