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The Chownes Foundation

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £690 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex
Linked company
The Chownes Foundation
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£690£15k
  • 2024£1k£13k
  • 2023£2k£30k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£30k
  • 2021£4k£35k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION BY THE FINACIAL SUPPORT OF ESTABLISHED RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE YOUNG; (C) THE AMELIORATION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH SUPPORT OR PROPAGATE SOCIAL CAUSES OF A STRICTLY NON-POLITICAL NATURESUCH AS THE HOWARD LEAGUE OF PENAL REFORM OR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (D) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST (I) THE ELDERLY AND (II) AMONGST FORMER EMPLOYEES AND FORMER OFFICERS (INCLUDING FORMER DIRECTORS) OF SOUND DIFFUSION PLC OR OF ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND ANY OF THEIR DEPENDANTS; AND (E) THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

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.

2 trustees on the board

25y median 25y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (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.

Disability 2Education/training 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£690 latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
327451
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 APRIL 1987
Companies House
Company number 02119157 · Active
Contact on the register
+44(0)7736 354139 · ianhazeel@btopenworld.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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