SUSSEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS

Charity number: 268588
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promoting the ringing of church bells to call people to worship. Providing grants for restoring, maintaining, improving or preserving church bells in Sussex for ringing in churches. Providing training and skill development grants to young people learning change ringing on tower or hand bells. Encouraging the recruitment and training of all ringers and advancing the art of change ringing.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £31,716
Total expenditure: £20,466

People

3 Trustee(s)

1042 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Brighton And Hove
  • East Sussex
  • West Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 December 1974: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • SUSSEX CHURCHES BELL RESTORATION FUND (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Colin Reginald Spencer Trustee 11 May 2024
None on record
MARK ANDREW DAWKINS Trustee 06 June 2020
THE ROTHERFIELD TRUST
Received: On time
Peter Jonathan Franklin Trustee 11 May 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £16.56k £15.74k £14.30k £17.63k £31.72k
Total expenditure £20.71k £9.23k £11.11k £39.50k £20.47k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 23 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 23 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 20 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 16 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 04 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

RULES ADOPTED 12/10/1974 AS AMENDED 12/05/1984 as amended on 13 May 2017

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER, AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS SHALL: (A) FOSTER RINGING FOR DIVINE SERVICE (B) ENCOURAGE THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF LEARNERS AND ADVANCE THE ART OF CHANGERINGING (C) PRESERVE BELLS FROM REDUNDANT CHURCHES AND RESTORE, MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE EXISTING PEALS OF BELLS AND TOWERS AND BELFRIES HOUSING THEM (E) LOYALLY ABIDE BY THE RULES AND DECISIONS OF THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER

Contact information

Address:
1 Southdown Terrace
Steyning
BN44 3YJ
Phone:
07876 237007
Email:
treasurer@scacr.org
Website:

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