UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, DITCHLING, THE OLD MEETING HOUSE

Registered charity 1211316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of religion in accordance with the principles of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and to promote such charitable purposes in the Parish of Ditchling as the trustees in their discretion consider appropriate.

Objects

3.2.1 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AS DEFINED IN ITS CONSTITUTION AND IN THE ANNEXE HERETO.TO PROMOTE A FREE AND INQUIRING RELIGION THROUGH THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE; THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL CREATION; AND THE UPHOLDING OF THE LIBERAL CHRISTIAN TRADITION; AND 3.2.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE PARISH OF DITCHLING AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.

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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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Billie-Jean Laidlaw
• Elizabeth Clare Josephine Pope
• Francis Nicholas Clark-Lowes · trustee of 1 other charity
• MELISSA LOUISE MATHUR
• Martyn Charles Laidlaw
• Paul Taylor
• Peter John Leach

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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