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Southwick Community Association

Southwick Community Association is a registered charity (number 305370) based in Brighton, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Malcolm Gough since 2013. Latest income £333k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Southwick Community Centre (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £333k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 2 more
Where
West Sussex
Website
www.southwickcommunitycentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£333k£351k
  • 2024£387k£370k
  • 2023£298k£296k
Earlier years
  • 2022£184k£195k
  • 2021£122k£167k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTHWICK AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE ADUR DISTRICT OF WEST SUSSEX (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR DISABILITY, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; B. TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN SOUTHWICK (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COMMUNITY CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; C. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Grants received

3 grants · £23,643 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £11,6002026-01-15
  • Sussex Community Foundation £5,2432022-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,8002008-04-09
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.

13 trustees on the board

8.9y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 13Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£333k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
305370
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22/03/1962AS AMENDED ON 24/03/1976AS AMENDED ON 15/07/1976AS AMENDED ON 22/03/1989AS AMENDED ON 22/07/1993AS AMENDED ON 15/06/1998AS AMENDED ON 25/06/2007AS AMENDED ON 25/06/2012
Contact on the register
01273592819 · enquiries@southwickcommunitycentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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