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Registered charity · Winchelsea

The Friends of Winchelsea Church

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £23k (2024)
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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
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£23k£18k
  • 2023£18k£30k
  • 2022£15k£20k
Earlier years
  • 2021£14k£20k
  • 2020£12k£20k
Charitable objects

A) TO AROUSE AND FOSTER INTEREST IN THE PARISH CHURCH AT WINCHELSEA AMONG ALL PERSONS OF GOODWILL. B) TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL IN THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC, FURNITURE, STAINED GLASS AND MONUMENTS OF THE CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS AND CHURCHYARD THEREOF, AND IN FURTHERING ANY OTHER SCHEME TO HELP IN MAINTAINING THEIR SAFETYM BEAUTY AND UTILITY.

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

4.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 6Religious Activities 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General 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.

Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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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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£23k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
249108
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH JUNE 1966 AS AMENDED AT AGM OF THE 8TH JULY 1973AS AMENDED ON 07 JUL 1991AS AMENDED ON 12 JUL 1992AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 1997AS AMENDED ON 25 JUL 1999AS AMENDED ON 11 JUL 2006AS AMENDED ON 15 MAY 2015 as amended on 10 May 2025
Contact on the register
01797227858 · stephenking408@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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