Registered charity · Brighton
The Swedish Folk High School
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training
- Where
- East Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.loxdale.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Swedish Folk High School
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.1m
- 2024£1.2m£1.3m
- 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£835k£800k
- 2021£452k£430k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE SCHOOL IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT, PROMOTION AND FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Carl Olof Olsson Chair since 2023
- Erik Ingvarsson since 2021
- Nick Wescombe since 2015
- Peter Sanders
Trustees past 6 years
- Nick Wescombe since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Carl Olof Olsson Chair since 2023
- Erik Ingvarsson since 2021
- Nick Wescombe since 2015
- Peter Sanders
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 280428
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20TH MAY 1980
- Companies House
- Company number 01497558 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273414973 · info@loxdale.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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