Registered charity · Robertsbridge
The Sussex Cattle Society (Formerly the Sussex Herd Book Society)
- 12 trustees
- Income £71k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Justin HarmerChair · since 2021
- Brenda Louise HideTrustee · since 2018
- David John SpantonTrustee · since 2021
- David Lewis StevensTrustee · since 2018
- Donald Walter MastersTrustee · since 2019
- Jane Margaret HowardTrustee · since 2019
- John David HickmanTrustee · since 2020
- John Edward HarmerTrustee · since 2020
- Leighton Patrick SnelgroveTrustee · since 2023
- Simon Clive WrightTrustee · since 2021
- William John HurleyTrustee · since 2020
- William PetersTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.sussexcattlesociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Sussex Cattle Society
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£71k£67k
- 2024£70k£66k
- 2023£64k£77k
Earlier years
- 2022£65k£58k
- 2021£62k£61k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY AND IMPROVE THE BREED OF SUSSEX CATTLE, AND TO DO ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO THAT COBJECT.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- John Justin Harmer Chair since 2021
- Brenda Louise Hide since 2018
- David Lewis Stevens since 2018
- David John Spanton since 2021
- Donald Walter Masters since 2019
- Jane Margaret Howard since 2019
- John David Hickman since 2020
- John Edward Harmer since 2020
- Leighton Patrick Snelgrove since 2023
- Simon Clive Wright since 2021
- William John Hurley since 2020
- William Peters since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Brenda Louise Hide since 2018
- David Lewis Stevens since 2018
- Donald Walter Masters since 2019
- Jane Margaret Howard since 2019
- John David Hickman since 2020
- John Edward Harmer since 2020
- William John Hurley since 2020
- William Peters since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- John Justin Harmer Chair since 2021
- Brenda Louise Hide since 2018
- David Lewis Stevens since 2018
- David John Spanton since 2021
- Donald Walter Masters since 2019
- Jane Margaret Howard since 2019
- John David Hickman since 2020
- John Edward Harmer since 2020
- Leighton Patrick Snelgrove since 2023
- Simon Clive Wright since 2021
- William John Hurley since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- William Peters since 2018
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
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 238662
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH MARCH 1890 AND LICENCE OF THE BOARD OF TRADE DATED 28TH SEPTEMBER 1962 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1ST MARCH 1977 as amended on 20 May 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 00031031 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01580880105 · enq@sussexcattlesociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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