THE LEWES PRIORY TRUST

Registered charity 1123751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Lewes Priory Trust manages the remains of the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras, Lewes, East Sussex on behalf of Lewes Town Council. The objects of the charity are to preserve and enhance the historic monument for the benefit off the public and residents of Lewes.

Objects

TO PRESERVE THE REMAINS OF THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST PANCRAS NEAR LEWES IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX ("THE PRIORY") FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LEWES, TO FACILITATE PUBLIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACCESS TO THE PRIORY AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE PRIORY AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST PANCRAS NEAR LEWES IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a notional surplus of £6,669 and total unrestricted reserves of £23,824. The trustees note that these reserves are expected to be quickly reduced in the following year due to the incurrence of deferred expenditure on education and fundraising. The charity is fully volunteer-run with no employees and relies on grants and donations for its operations.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06493711 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCGOVERN, Christopher John — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
• RUSSELL-CROUCHER, Martin John — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
• RUSSELL-CROUCHER, Timothy Robert — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
• MURRAY, Susan Jean — director, appointed 25/06/2021on trustee list
• FRANKLIN, Arthur John — director, appointed 08/06/2012on trustee list
• NORRIS, Andrew John, Doctor — secretary, appointed 20/06/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARTHUR JOHN FRANKLINchair
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN MCGOVERN
• Martin John Russell-Croucher
• Susan Jean Murray
• Timothy Robert Russell-Croucher

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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Government & lottery funding

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