The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Lewes-the Lewes Civic Society

Registered charity 258756 Registered since 1969

Operates: East 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.

8 trustees on the board

6.3y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

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 8Disability 1Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Education 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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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£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.friends-of-lewes.org.uk
Emailenquiries@friends-of-lewes.org.uk
Phone01273 011105
AddressLewes Town Council Offices, Town Hall, High Street, LEWES, East Sussex, BN7 2QS

Finances

£22,062 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,563£10,187
2022£8,485£8,510
2023£15,671£9,175
2024£10,794£9,325
2025£22,062£42,206

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1)TO PROMOTE:(A) HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND DESIGN IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS SENSITIVELY SITED IN RELATION TO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.(B) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(C) ENHANCEMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN, AND THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF, THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(D) FREE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC REALM IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2)TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3)TO CO-OPERATE WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND OTHER BODIES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTIVES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 28TH MARCH 1969 AND AMENDED MARCH 1987, MARCH 1989, MARCH 1990, MARCH 1993, MARCH 1994 AND MARCH 1997.AS AMENDED ON 30 MAR 2017 as amended on 26 Mar 2020 as amended on 26 Apr 2023 as amended on 22 Apr 2026

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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