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Registered charity · West Sussex

Friends of the South Downs

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £156k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, Hampshire, West Sussex
Website
www.friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Friends of the South Downs
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£156k£200k
  • 2024£192k£161k
  • 2023£142k£170k
Earlier years
  • 2022£229k£81k
  • 2021£108k£125k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE BEAUTY AND AMENITIES OF THE SOUTH DOWNS IN AND WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK

Grants received

5 grants · £280,050 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £280,050 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £70,7002024-08-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £59,7502021-11-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,2002019-09-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,6002014-09-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8002011-03-30
Board analysis

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

4.1y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7Education/training 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.

Other services 9Health and social care 2Agriculture 1

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£192k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
230329
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSCN INCORPORATED 10/10/1936 & 20/05/1982 & CERT. OF INC'N ON CHANGE OF NAME 03/05/2005 AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS 1/10/1983, 20/06/1984 & 23/04/2005, NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 01/05/2010 REG. AT CO. HOUSE 28/05/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 MAY 2017 as amended on 07 Nov 2020 as amended on 07 Jun 2022 as amended on 10 May 2025
Companies House
Company number 00319437 · Active
Contact on the register
01798875073 · enquiries@friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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