Registered charity · West Sussex
The Midhurst Society
- 5 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.midhurstsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£12k
- 2024£14k£8k
- 2023£7k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£4k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2. TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTUREIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 3. TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
1 grant · £26,900 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 · £26,900
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Nick Cansfield Chair since 2023
- Gemma Butterfield since 2025
- John Alan Backshall since 2025
- Peter Robert Nightingale since 2023
- Philip John Stringer since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Gemma Butterfield since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Nick Cansfield Chair since 2023
- John Alan Backshall since 2025
- Peter Robert Nightingale since 2023
- Philip John Stringer since 2025
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
- 268565
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23RD OCTOBER 1974, AS AMENDED ON 23RD APRIL 2003
- Contact on the register
- 07789 284568 · chair@midhurstsociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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