Registered charity · Heathfield
John Bates Charity Otherwise Church Lands
John Bates Charity Otherwise Church Lands is a registered charity (number 268244) based in Heathfield, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Brian John Holliday since 2025. Latest income £663 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Bates (Church Lands) Charity Brightling (Charity Commission)
- 2 trustees
- Income £663 (2025)
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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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£663£0
- 2024£948£0
- 2023£939£0
Earlier years
- 2022£884£0
- 2021£868£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Brian John Holliday Chair since 2025
- Henry Cubitt Grissell
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (2)
- Brian John Holliday Chair since 2025
- Henry Cubitt Grissell
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.
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
- 268244
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 30TH JULY 1875 (PR VOL.30 P645 UV.268 P.545)
- Contact on the register
- 01435830912 · holliday.brian@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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