The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Sussex Wildlife Trust

Registered charity 207005 Registered since 1962

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex

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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

3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 24Agriculture 13Business services 7

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.5 in 2021

111 from 88 in 2021
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.
8%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk
Emailenquiries@sussexwt.org.uk
Phone01273492630
AddressThe Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, BN1 9BP

Finances

£7,233,949 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,062,138£4,365,672
2022£5,336,145£5,510,271
2023£5,392,762£5,710,923
2024£6,950,819£5,718,808
2025£7,233,949£6,675,994

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND THE PUBLIC:TO CONSERVE, RESTORE AND ENHANCE THE WILDLIFE OF SUSSEX INCLUDING THAT IN ITS COASTAL WATERS. IN PARTICULAR, TO CONSERVE SPECIES AND THE HABITATS AND LANDSCAPES IN WHICH THEY OCCUR, INCLUDING THE RESTORATION, CREATION AND INTERCONNECTION OF SUCH HABITATS;TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT, UNDERSTANDING OF, CONNECTION TO, AND ACTION IN SUPPORT OF, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS BENEFITS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/07/1961AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/11/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/10/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2014 AS AMENDED ON 20 NOV 2018 AS AMENDED ON 15 NOV 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 DEC 2021

Trustees (13)

13trustees
57median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sussex Wildlife Trust · 00698851 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/07/1961

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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