The Sussex Historic Churches Trust
Registered charity 282159 Registered since 1981
Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Henry Charles Whittick Chair
- Anthony Gordon Dunnett since 2024
- Diana Jill Hansen since 2024
- Jonathan Martin Robin Prichard since 2016
- John Booth DL since 2018
- Michael Foster DL LLM since 2018
- Philip Gray Bowden since 2021
- Raymond Charles James Cocks since 2024
- Sara Jane Stonor DL since 2012
6.4y median 6.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Martin Robin Prichard since 2016
- John Booth DL since 2018
- Michael Foster DL LLM since 2018
- Sara Jane Stonor DL since 2012
13.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthony Gordon Dunnett since 2024
- John Booth DL since 2018
- Michael Foster DL LLM since 2018
- Philip Gray Bowden since 2021
Portfolio (5)
- Christopher Henry Charles Whittick Chair
- Diana Jill Hansen since 2024
- Jonathan Martin Robin Prichard since 2016
- Raymond Charles James Cocks since 2024
- Sara Jane Stonor DL since 2012
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.
incomespending£123k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.
Related organisations
- The Friends of the Keep Archives 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Wealden Iron Research Group 1 shared trustee
- Lewes District Churches Homelink 1 shared trustee
- The Mother Agnes Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Community Trust of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Anne Lewes 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.sussexhistoricchurchestrust.org.uk |
| philipbowden@outlook.com | |
| Phone | 01892652404 |
| Address | Garlands, Lordswell Lane, CROWBOROUGH, East Sussex, TN6 1HX |
Finances
£122,839 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £129,176 | £61,753 |
| 2022 | £164,109 | £82,371 |
| 2023 | £131,037 | £104,275 |
| 2024 | £142,125 | £123,315 |
| 2025 | £122,839 | £121,111 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable 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.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11/8/1956, ORDER OF CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 6/6/2005, AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11/6/2015
Trustees (9)
9trustees
74median age
4aged 70+
- Christopher Henry Charles Whittick Chair
- Anthony Gordon Dunnettage band 70-74 since 2024
- Diana Jill Hansen since 2024
- Jonathan Martin Robin Prichardage band 70-74 since 2016
- John Booth DL since 2018
- Michael Foster DL LLM since 2018
- Philip Gray Bowdenage band 70-74 since 2021
- Raymond Charles James Cocks since 2024
- Sara Jane Stonor DLage band 75-79 since 2012
Connected charities (9)
- The Friends of the Keep Archives 2 shared trustees
- Friends of the Nations' Libraries 1 shared trustee
- Chichester Theological Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Community Trust of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 shared trustee
- The Mother Agnes Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Anne Lewes 1 shared trustee
- Lewes District Churches Homelink 1 shared trustee
- Wealden Iron Research Group 1 shared trustee
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