Registered charity · West Sussex
West Sussex Archives Society
West Sussex Archives Society is a registered charity (number 266997) based in West Sussex, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Richard Howell since 2023. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- wsas.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£6k
- 2024£7k£5k
- 2023£5k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£4k
- 2021£4k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF WEST SUSSEX AND 1) TO AROUSE AND STIMULATE INTEREST IN HISTORICAL RECORDS AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR THEIR PRESERVATION. 2) TO ASSIST THE WORK OF THE WEST SUSSEX ARCHIVES OFFICE BY FUNDRAISING, WORKING PARTIES OR ANY OTHER MEANS. 3) TO SEEK OUT MATERIAL OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO PERSUADE OWNERS OF THE NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE ITS PRESERVATION. 4) TO ARRANGE OUTINGS, LECTURES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF WEST SUSSEX.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Richard Howell Chair since 2023
- Jane Mant since 2021
- Leigh Lawson
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Richard Howell Chair since 2023
- Jane Mant since 2021
- Leigh Lawson
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 266997
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30TH JANUARY 1974 AND AMENDED 3RD NOVEMBER 1979, 3RD OCTOBER 1981, 8TH OCTOBER 1983, 10TH OCTOBER 1987 AND 18 MARCH 2006.
- Contact on the register
- 01243753600 · contact@wsas.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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