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Registered charity · Worthing

The Friends of Sompting Church

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £10k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
West Sussex
Website
www.somptingchurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£10k£2k
  • 2025£4k£22k
  • 2024£3k£57
Earlier years
  • 2023£3k£57
  • 2022£2k£163

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC FITTINGS ORNAMENTS FURNITURE AND MONUMENTS OF AND IN THE CHURCH AND THE PRECINCTS THEREOF EXCLUDING DWELLING HOUSES.

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.

5 trustees on the board

8y median 7.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 5Religious Activities 5Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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£4k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
285958
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21ST OCTOBER 1982 AS AMENDED ON THE 17TH JULY 1984, 15 JULY 2008 AND 13 JULY 2010 as amended on 20 Jul 2022
Contact on the register
01903245639 · friends@stmarysompting.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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