Registered charity · East Sussex
East Sussex Farmers' Benevolent Fund
- 6 trustees
- Income £106k (2026)
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
- Where
- East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex
- Website
- www.eastsussexfarmersbenevolentfund.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1976
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£106k£75k
- 2025£93k£52k
- 2024£91k£62k
Earlier years
- 2023£80k£61k
- 2022£83k£66k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
(1) MAKING PAYMENTS OR GRANTS TO OR OTHERWISE ASSISTING NECESSITOUS FARMERS, FARMWORKERS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.(2) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE OBJECT SPECIFIED ABOVE, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT IN MAKING PAYMENTS AND GRANTS TO OR OTHERWISE ASSISTING NECESSITOUS FARMERS, FARMWORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT, SURREY AND WEST SUSSEX IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Edward John Gribble since 2013
- Frank Langrish since 2016
- Gordon James Fowlie MBE
- John Henry Robinson
- Phillip Hook since 2013
- Peter Allan Appleton since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Edward John Gribble since 2013
- Frank Langrish since 2016
- Phillip Hook since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Edward John Gribble since 2013
- Gordon James Fowlie MBE
- Phillip Hook since 2013
- Peter Allan Appleton since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Frank Langrish since 2016
- John Henry Robinson
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 271188
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF TRUST DATED 19TH AUGUST 1935 AS ALTERED OR AFFECTED BY SCHEME OF 20TH NOVEMBER 1998AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 23 JAN 2019 as amended on 25 Jan 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07912464746 · des.lambert@btinternet.com
- 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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