The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Sompting Church

Registered charity 285958 Registered since 1983

Operates: West Sussex

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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.

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

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.somptingchurch.org.uk
Emailfriends@stmarysompting.org.uk
Phone01903245639
Address63 KEYMER CRESCENT, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 4LD

Finances

£10,058 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£2,433£163
2023£3,326£57
2024£3,195£57
2025£4,482£21,972
2026£10,058£1,635

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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.

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

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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