Registered charity · West Sussex
The Chichester Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew BainTrustee · since 2016
- Anthony DignumTrustee · since 2024
- Cedric MitchellTrustee
- Jane LangfordTrustee · since 2025
- John Frederick William TempletonTrustee
- John HallidayTrustee · since 2014
- Mark ElliottTrustee · since 2024
- Mary Ann BartTrustee · since 2025
- Pamela KempTrustee · since 2014
- Peter BickleyTrustee · since 2025
- Richard John ChildsTrustee · since 2018
- Robert MousleyTrustee · since 2024
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBETrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.chichestersociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£10k
- 2024£10k£8k
- 2023£7k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£7k
- 2021£5k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT: (A) TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO SECURE A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO PRESERVE PROTECT AND IMPROVE FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (D) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
1 grant · £53,200 total360Giving 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 · £53,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Andrew Bain since 2016
- Anthony Dignum since 2024
- Cedric Mitchell
- Jane Langford since 2025
- John Frederick William Templeton
- John Halliday since 2014
- Mark Elliott since 2024
- Mary Ann Bart since 2025
- Pamela Kemp since 2014
- Peter Bickley since 2025
- Richard John Childs since 2018
- Robert Mousley since 2024
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBE since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Bain since 2016
- John Halliday since 2014
- Pamela Kemp since 2014
- Richard John Childs since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andrew Bain since 2016
- Anthony Dignum since 2024
- Cedric Mitchell
- Jane Langford since 2025
- John Halliday since 2014
- Mark Elliott since 2024
- Mary Ann Bart since 2025
- Peter Bickley since 2025
- Richard John Childs since 2018
- Robert Mousley since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- John Frederick William Templeton
- Pamela Kemp since 2014
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBE since 2024
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.
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
- 268055
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18TH JULY 1974 AS AMENDED 15TH OCTOBER 2003AS AMENDED ON 17 OCT 2007AS AMENDED ON 12 OCT 2011
- Contact on the register
- 01243 779710 · chair@chichestersociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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