THE CUCKFIELD SOCIETY

Registered charity 249110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRESERVING, IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE ESSENTIAL ATMOSPHERE OF THE CUCKFIELD PARISH AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE FOLLOWING BY CHARITABLE MEANS BUT NOT OTHERWISE:- A) TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE ESSENTIAL ATMOSPHERE OF THE PARISH OF CUCKFIELD AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE AND TO IMPROVE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE ITS APPEARANCE AND AMENITIES. (FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CUCKFIELD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£10k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £3,562, a significant decrease from the previous year's £11,388. The trustees report that the charity maintains reserves sufficient for its projects but does not maintain reserves to cover overheads as it has no fixed costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient for the purpose of undertaking the projects that it is pursuing (reserves figure: £4k)
“The Society maintain reserves sufficient for the purpose of undertaking the projects that it is pursuing, but otherwise does not maintain reserves to cover overheads as the Society does not have and fixed costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£10k£13k
31/12/2024£52k£24k
31/12/2023£7k£6k
31/12/2022£5k£11k
31/12/2021£3k£1k

Common questions

Is THE CUCKFIELD SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £3,562, a significant decrease from the previous year's £11,388. The trustees report that the charity maintains reserves sufficient for its projects but does not maintain reserves to cover overheads as it has no fixed costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LORD COCKFIELD MEMORIAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CUCKFIELD SOCIETY£10k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LORD COCKFIELD MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025£171k—0unclear—noted
THE RADFIELD TRUST FY2025£5k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CUCKFIELD FY2025£300k—0above—no doubt
THE SEVERFIELD FOUNDATION FY2025£88k—0above0.3%no doubt
THE PARISH ESTATE FY2026£60k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.