The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

John Bates Charity Otherwise Church Lands

Registered charity 268244 Registered since 1974

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.

2 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
16.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (2)

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 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Business services 1Other services 1

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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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£948 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailholliday.brian@gmail.com
Phone01435830912
AddressSTACEYS BARN, BAKERS LANE, DALLINGTON, HEATHFIELD, TN21 9JS

Finances

£663 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£868£0
2022£884£0
2023£939£0
2024£948£0
2025£663£0

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF BRIGHTLING, INCLUSIVE OF THE TOWER AND STEEPLE, BUT EXCLUSIVE OF THE CHANCEL, AND SUBJECT THERETO IN OR TOWARDS DEFRAYING OTHER EXPENSES USUALLY COVERED BY A CHURCH RATE, AND IF IN ANY YEAR THE WHOLE OF SUCH AMOUNT BE NOT EXHAUSTED IN PROVIDING FOR THE OBJECTS AFORESAID, THE RESIDUE SHALL BE ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED BY THE TRUSTEES, SO AS TO FORM A FUND FOR EXTRAORDINARY REPARATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE SAID CHURCH.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 30TH JULY 1875 (PR VOL.30 P645 UV.268 P.545)

Trustees (2)

2trustees
74median age
1aged 70+

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