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Registered charity · Sussex

The Southern Counties Historic Vehicles Preservation Trust

The Southern Counties Historic Vehicles Preservation Trust is a registered charity (number 274950) based in Sussex, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £21k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex
Website
www.southerncountieshistoricvehiclespreservationtrust.btck.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£19k
  • 2024£18k£20k
  • 2023£21k£29k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£4k
  • 2021£10k£7k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CENTRE IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF ALL FORMS OF MECHANICALLY POWERED ROAD TRANSPORT AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS STATIONARY POWER PLANTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND ARTIFACTS AND BUILDINGS AND INVENTIONS OF WHATEVER NATURE OF A HISTORICAL OR EDUCATIONAL INTEREST AND SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OF THE USEFUL ARTS INCLUDING TECHNIQUES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ARTS CRAFTS AND INDUSTRY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SHOWING HUMAN CREATIVITY OF A HISTORICAL OR EDUCATIONAL INTEREST. (B) TO ENCOURAGE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUCH VEHICLES AND OTHER OBJECTS.

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

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company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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
133 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
274950
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST 12 DECEMBER 1977
Contact on the register
01342835319 · secretaryschvpt@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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