The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Brighton and Hove Arts Council

Registered charity 270293 Registered since 1975

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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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.

7 trustees on the board

9y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£21k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bh-arts.org.uk
Emailsearsdj@tiscali.co.uk
Phone01273737135
Address3 Albany Villas, HOVE, East Sussex, BN3 2RS

Finances

£21,168 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,608£2,200
2022£15,603£19,798
2023£13,604£17,214
2024£22,176£22,830
2025£21,168£16,649

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE AND INTERPETIVE ARTS AMONGST THE INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND DISTRICT.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16TH MAY 1975 AS AMENDED 22ND MARCH 1978, 26TH JUNE 1989, 22ND JUNE 1994 AND 19 JUNE 2004

Trustees (7)

7trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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