The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work

Registered charity 285337 Registered since 1982

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

9
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 8Disability 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Religious Activities 4Education/training 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.

Health and social care 10Other services 5Education 4

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£965k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.4 in 2021

31 from 27 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.familysupportwork.org.uk
Emailadmin@familysupportwork.org.uk
Phone01273832963
AddressGarton House, 22 Stanford Avenue, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AA

Finances

£964,795 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£998,596£844,966
2022£688,638£825,105
2023£941,762£999,956
2024£1,109,618£1,138,291
2025£964,795£1,217,814

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1) TO SUPPORT FAMILIES INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR STRESS 2) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF AND CARE OF CHILDREN IN NEED 3) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY BY FAMILY SUPPORT WORK AND THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/07/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2015

Trustees (9)

9trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work · 01648903 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/07/1982

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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