The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Hastings Voluntary Action

Registered charity 802632 Registered since 1990

Operates: East 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

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Health and social care 5Education 1

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£1.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021

20 from 15 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk
Emailsteve@hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk
Phone01424444010
AddressJACKSON HALL, PORTLAND PLACE, HASTINGS, TN34 1QN

Finances

£1,242,492 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£703,297£713,468
2022£996,466£853,547
2023£897,551£767,121
2024£778,066£895,274
2025£1,242,492£1,192,239

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF HASTINGS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1ST AUGUST 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27TH NOVEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 16 FEBRUARY 2009 as amended on 16 Nov 2018 as amended on 17 Oct 2019 as amended on 17 Oct 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hastings Voluntary Action · 02409902 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/08/1989

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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