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The Sussex Archaeological Society

Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

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Previous officers 93

  1. Peter William Chivers 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jean Margaret Sanderson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Gavin Forbes Stewart 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Professor Paul Basu 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. John Daniel Orna-Ornstein 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Clotilde Lemarie 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Dr Glynn Jones 2020-2026 Director View profile
  8. Dr Harriet Mary Colette O'Neill 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Laurence Gavin Bresh 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Jane Marion Goldie Hodgkins 2020-2024 Director View profile
  11. Stephen Robin George 2019-2019 Director View profile
  12. Jane Ellis Seabrook 2018-2025 Director View profile
  13. Peter Newell Junker Heslip 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Vivienne Margaret Blandford 2018-2019 Director View profile
  15. Christine Lesley Medlock 2017-2020 Director View profile
  16. Joseph Antony George Sullivan 2015-2024 Director View profile
  17. Allan Michael Course 2015-2021 Director View profile
  18. Dr Jamie Kaminski 2015-2021 Director View profile
  19. Tony Reid 2014-2018 Director View profile
  20. John Manley 2014-2020 Director View profile
  21. Rt Hon Baroness Elizabeth Kay Andrews 2014-2015 Director View profile
  22. Lys Drewett 2013-2022 Director View profile
  23. Peter Benjamin Vos 2013-2022 Director View profile
  24. Jane Elizabeth Ann Vokins 2013-2019 Director View profile
  25. Lisa Jayne Fisher 2013-2016 Director View profile
  26. David Russell Rudling 2013-2020 Director View profile
  27. Andrew George Howell 2013-2014 Director View profile
  28. Janet Deborah Oldham 2013-2022 Director View profile
  29. Professor Robert Raingford Milner-Gulland 2012-2015 Director View profile
  30. Colin Howard Manton 2012-2013 Director View profile
  31. Michael Pierre Chartier 2012-2018 Director View profile
  32. Dr Nicola Lesley Smith 2012-2014 Director View profile
  33. Peter Balmer 2012-2018 Director View profile
  34. Franz Peter Plachy 2011-2011 Director View profile
  35. Clement Andrew Gordon Watson 2010-2015 Director View profile
  36. Professor George Jeffery Leigh 2009-2013 Director View profile
  37. Julia Karen Jordan 2008-2010 Director View profile
  38. Anne Patricia Locke 2008-2012 Director View profile
  39. Alasdair Macleod Glass 2007-2009 Director View profile
  40. Wells, Caroline Rachel, Ba (Hons) 2007-2010 Director View profile
  41. Brian Michael Short 2007-2012 Director View profile
  42. Richard John Akhurst 2007-2013 Director View profile
  43. Keith Charles Askey 2006-2008 Director View profile
  44. Dr Richard John Carter 2006-2008 Director View profile
  45. Michael Robert Morley 2006-2012 Director View profile
  46. Dr Michael James Holmes 2006-2012 Director View profile
  47. Peter Brian Sangster 2005-2011 Director View profile
  48. Andrew Keith Manning-Jones 2004-2008 Director View profile
  49. Terence William Sparling 2003-2005 Director View profile
  50. Bruce Lawrence John Murray 2003-2008 Director View profile
  51. Quinton Clive Richards 2003-2003 Director View profile
  52. Dr Sally Ruth White 2002-2004 Director View profile
  53. Michael Hughes 2002-2003 Director View profile
  54. Donald Richardson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  55. Dr Sue Berry 2001-2010 Director View profile
  56. Margaret Thorburn 2001-2007 Director View profile
  57. Sarah Hanna 2001-2007 Director View profile
  58. Sarah Louise Green 2000-2003 Director View profile
  59. John Christopher Foxley 2000-2001 Director View profile
  60. William Arland Kingston 2000-2005 Director View profile
  61. Dr Peter Ladson Drewett 2000-2005 Director View profile
  62. George Osborne May 1999-2002 Director View profile
  63. Dr Susan Dorothy Anderson Hamilton 1999-2005 Director View profile
  64. John Leonard Roles 1998-2004 Director View profile
  65. Jennifer Susan Compton 1998-2001 Director View profile
  66. Timothy Ambrose 1996-1997 Director View profile
  67. David Martin Jude Brown 1996-2002 Director View profile
  68. Jane Russell 1996-1999 Director View profile
  69. Selina Ruth (Sally) White 1995-2001 Director View profile
  70. Dr Duncan Sharpe France 1993-1994 Director View profile
  71. Lionel Tracy Rose 1992-1998 Director View profile
  72. John Charles Yoxall Houghton 1992-1996 Director View profile
  73. Pamela Combes 1992-2001 Director View profile
  74. Christopher Whittick 1993 Director View profile
  75. Christopher Paul Baron 1993 Director View profile
  76. Dr Timothy Peter Hudson 1993 Director View profile
  77. John Farrant 1993 Director View profile
  78. William Leslie Weller 2000 Director View profile
  79. Jeremy Spencer Hodgkinson 1996 Director View profile
  80. Peter Anthony Hicks 1996 Director View profile
  81. Dr Elizabeth Mary Somerville 2000 Director View profile
  82. Mark Gardiner 1993 Director View profile
  83. Christopher Paul Butler 1992 Director View profile
  84. Constant John Ainsworth 1993 Director View profile
  85. Maurice Frederick Graville 1999 Director View profile
  86. Brian Kingsley Davison 1992 Director View profile
  87. Dr Henry Forester Cleere 1992 Director View profile
  88. Richard Alfred Philcox 1996 Director View profile
  89. Martin Moore 1992 Director View profile
  90. Tristan Bareham 2010-2014 Secretary View profile
  91. John Francis Manley 1993-2010 Secretary View profile
  92. Derek Pinnock White 1991-2000 Secretary View profile
  93. Andrew John Pepper 1991 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
01/01/1925
Registered office
Lewes
Also a registered charity
The Sussex Archaeological Society
Previous names
Sussex Archaeological Society (until 08/10/2007)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Sussex Archaeological Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

18 grants · £5,230,989 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,404,593 (14 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £821,300 (2 grants)
  • Sussex Community Foundation · £3,274
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £1,822

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,9932023-09-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £323,8002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £497,5002020-10-14
  • Sussex Community Foundation £3,2742020-08-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-08-10
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

3.2y median 1.7y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 4Education 4Business services 2Construction 2Professional services 2Tech and media 2Other services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00202795
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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