THE PHILIPSON DITCHLING TRUST

Registered charity 1003221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the sporting youth of Ditchling

Objects

(1)PROVISION OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE OF DITCHLING IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX WHO HAVE NEED OF THEM BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,INFIRMITY,POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS AND SUCH OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AS ARE DEFINED BY THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958.(2)SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF DITCHLING AS THE PARISH COUNCIL SHALL SUGGEST AND THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Area of benefit: DITCHLING,EAST SUSSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £121,343 and endowment funds of £1,200,367, resulting in total net assets of £1,321,710. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and sufficient reserves are held to ensure the continuance of the trust. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £28,343 for the year, driven by investment income and gains.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 21/05/2024, 106 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Atkinson
• MATTHEW SEARLE
• RICHARD MAXWELL-GUMBLETON

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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• SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND income £183k
• DISTINGTON CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £114k
• THE PHILIP HILLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £234k

Side by side with its peers

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