Registered charity · East Sussex
Beaconwild Ltd
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.abbeyfield.com/south-downs (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Beaconwild LTD
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.2m
- 2024£4.3m£2.1m
- 2023£1.5m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£998k£1.1m
- 2021£970k£913k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE AGED IMPOTENT OR POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION & EDUCATION & FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- David Byrne since 2017
- Dr Irina Conlan since 2023
- IAN Arthur Thomas since 2023
- Joanne Kathleen Sorenson since 2017
- John Michael Timbs since 2018
- Malcolm Paris since 2017
- Nolan Taylor since 2024
- Peter James Anderson since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- David Byrne since 2017
- Joanne Kathleen Sorenson since 2017
- John Michael Timbs since 2018
- Malcolm Paris since 2017
- Peter James Anderson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- David Byrne since 2017
- Dr Irina Conlan since 2023
- Joanne Kathleen Sorenson since 2017
- John Michael Timbs since 2018
- Malcolm Paris since 2017
- Nolan Taylor since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- IAN Arthur Thomas since 2023
- Peter James Anderson since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
55.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 107.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 216779
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/09/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/12/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/04/2011 as amended on 04 Feb 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 00736150 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01435866539 · info@abbsd.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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