The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Bishop Otter Trust

Registered charity 306344 Registered since 1968

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.

4.5y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

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.

Education/training 4Religious Activities 4General Charitable Purposes 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£31k 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Emailbishopottertrust@chichester.anglican.org
Phone01243782161
AddressTHE PALACE, CANON LANE, CHICHESTER, PO19 1PY

Finances

£31,030 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£37,910£18,337
2022£39,311£8,593
2023£43,644£112,889
2024£44,190£33,316
2025£31,030£177,638

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EITHER HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION OR BOTH.

Governing document: SCHEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS DATED 5 APRIL 1977

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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