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Registered charity · East Sussex

The Sussex Historic Churches Trust

The Sussex Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity (number 282159) based in East Sussex, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Christopher Henry Charles Whittick. Latest income £123k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as S H C T (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £123k (2025)
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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex
Website
www.sussexhistoricchurchestrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£123k£121k
  • 2024£142k£123k
  • 2023£131k£104k
Earlier years
  • 2022£164k£82k
  • 2021£129k£62k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN SUSSEX AND OF MONUMENT, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

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.

6.4y median 6.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 8Education/training 3Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Health and social care 4Arts and leisure 2

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£123k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
282159
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11/8/1956, ORDER OF CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 6/6/2005, AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11/6/2015
Contact on the register
01892652404 · philipbowden@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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