SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 274366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sussex Heritage Trust is a registered charity established in 1977 to preserve, improve and encourage the appreciation of the architectural and natural landscape of Sussex

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Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£243k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £17,546 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a profit in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £66,727 are adequate to meet the policy target of six months' expenditure and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (held: £67k)

“It is the policy of the trust that it should maintain unrestricted funds that have not been designated for a specific purpose at a level equivalent to six months of expenditure, taking into consideration the trust's two-year activity cycle.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01331300

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Heritage Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

CLARK, Joanna Lucy — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
FLIGHT, Graham Leslie — director, appointed 29/04/2025on trustee list
PAVEY, James Robert — director, appointed 29/04/2025not on trustee list
CHAN, Lap-Sun — director, appointed 21/01/2025on trustee list
BACK, Victoria Amanda Mary — director, appointed 23/01/2024on trustee list
WHITMORE, James Nicholas — director, appointed 19/09/2023on trustee list
JONES, Nicholas Streather — director, appointed 02/04/2019on trustee list
PAILTHORPE, Richard David Bruce — director, appointed 02/04/2019on trustee list
COWAN, David Neville — director, appointed 22/01/2019on trustee list
COOPER, James Edwin Tilney — director, appointed 22/01/2019on trustee list
CROOK, Richard Nicholas — director, appointed 16/07/2018on trustee list
CHAPMAN, Sarah — director, appointed 02/11/2017on trustee list
FLIGHT, Graham Leslie — secretary, appointed 29/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Neville Cowanchair
GRAHAM FLIGHT
James Edwin Tilney Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
James Nicholas Whitmore
Joanna Lucy Clark
Lap-Sun Chan
Nicholas Streather Jones
RICHARD NICHOLAS CROOK · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard David Bruce Pailthorpe
Victoria Amanda Mary Back

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£217k	£243k
31/12/2024	£155k	£172k
31/12/2023	£158k	£143k
31/12/2022	£121k	£113k
31/12/2021	£125k	£106k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £17,546 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a profit in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £66,727 are adequate to meet the policy target of six months' expenditure and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST, THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2026	£24k	Heritage Construction Taster Days
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2022	£7k	Sussex Heritage Trust Bursary Scheme
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Two Workshops
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Conservation bursaries
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	FY2022	£2k	General
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Grant
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£500	Conservation Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/05/2025	£208k	"Heritage Skills Taster Days"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/06/2020	£14k	"COVID19: Sussex Heritage Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/03/2010	£496k	"Old St Helens Church Conservation Project"