THE LYNCHMERE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1103123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote high standards of planning and architecture in or affecting the area of benefitEducate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area of benefitSecure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE CIVIL PARISH OF LYNCHMERE IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX, WHICH INCLUDES HAMMER AND PARTS OF CAMELSDALE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOFE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;B) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;C) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;D) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH;E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;F) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTG) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;H) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: WEST SUSSEX

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small deficit of £847 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income of £49,511 and expenditure of £50,358. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to ensure the Society's work can continue unimpeded, citing confidence in the availability of funds for emergencies and capital investments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 handling
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Heritage Lottery Fund — “The society purchased 125 hectares (307 acres) of Stanley, Lynchmere and Marley Commons in 1997 using both; local residence contributions an…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael John McCartchair
• Anita Martin
• Bruce William Middleton
• Christopher Jocelyn Tibbs · trustee of 1 other charity
• LOUISE SEARIGHT
• Mikaela Bancroft
• PETER ROBERT SEARIGHT
• THE HON LADY JUDITH ROSEMARY ROUS

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).