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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

3y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 6General Charitable Purposes 6Environment/conservation/heritage 4Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 8Property 6Construction 3

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 2 years.
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2023

19
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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
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