The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Sussex Guild

Registered charity 292234 Registered since 1985

Operates: East Sussex, 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.

11 trustees on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11

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 12Retail and trade 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£74k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thesussexguild.co.uk
Emailinfo@thesussexguild.co.uk
Phone01273479565
AddressTHE SUSSEX GUILD, NORTH WING SOUTHOVER GRANGE, SOUTHOVER ROAD, LEWES, EAST SUSSEX, BN7 1TP

Finances

£74,472 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£17,878£29,709
2021£60,010£45,941
2022£57,986£48,096
2023£71,089£70,930
2024£74,472£82,329

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP; AND (B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING IN CRAFTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH APRIL 1983 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3RD JULY 1996 AND 6TH OCTOBER 1996

Trustees (11)

11trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Sussex Guild · 01716423 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/04/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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