The Steyning Society

Registered charity 269859 Registered since 1975

Operates: West Sussex

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5y median 4y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.9y

average years in governance

5 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 9Education/training 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Religious Activities 2Disability 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 4Education 1Professional services 1

Boards that share trustees

The Friends of Steyning Parish Church 3 shared trustees
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew and ST Cuthman Steyning 2 shared trustees
Steyning Downland Scheme 1 shared trustee
Steyning Festival Limited 1 shared trustee
Steyning Ukrainian Refuge 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Friends of Steyning Parish Church 3 shared trustees
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew and ST Cuthman Steyning 2 shared trustees
Steyning Downland Scheme 1 shared trustee
Steyning Ukrainian Refuge 1 shared trustee
Penfold Church Hall 1 shared trustee
Steyning Festival Limited 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.steyningsociety.org.uk
Email	adriangobat@hotmail.co.uk
Phone	01903879305
Address	41 Goring Road, STEYNING, BN44 3GF

Finances

£8,566 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,115	£2,847
2022	£4,433	£3,272
2023	£6,180	£7,668
2024	£8,707	£7,830
2025	£8,566	£6,870

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A. TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION OF THE TOWN OF STEYNING AND ITS ANCIENT MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST AND THE PROTECTION , DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATRUES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF STYNIN. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSITITUTION ADOPTED 3RD APRIL 1981).

Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 11TH APRIL 1975 AMENDED CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3RD APRIL 1981 AND 20 NOVEMBER 2009

Trustees (10)

10trustees

79median age

5aged 70+

Succession outlook: 5 of 10 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Nicholas John Bennett Chair since 2022
Adrian Geoffrey Gobatage 79 since 2015
Brian Borthwick Laveryage 81 since 2023
Catherine Mant since 2017
John Ralph Ebdon Downe
Julia Bonner since 2021
Lynne Christine Broome since 2023
Nicola Elizabeth Masonage 72 since 2024
Sarah Laveryage 72 since 2025
William Anthony Keith Struthers O.B.E.age 83 since 2019

Connected charities (6)

The Friends of Steyning Parish Church 3 shared trustees
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew and ST Cuthman Steyning 2 shared trustees
Steyning Downland Scheme 1 shared trustee
Penfold Church Hall 1 shared trustee
Steyning Festival Limited 1 shared trustee
Steyning Ukrainian Refuge 1 shared trustee

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