# SUSSEX RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1035401
- **Other names:** ACTION IN RURAL SUSSEX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 22, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1035401


## Contact

- **Address:** 47 Western Road, Lewes, East Sussex
- **Postcode:** BN7 1RL
- **Phone:** 01273473422
- **Email:** info@ruralsussex.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ruralsussex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND TO THAT END BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER BODIES AND PERSONS PURSUING THE ABOVE OBJECTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

**Activities:** Reducing the incidence and impact of disadvantage and poverty on people living in rural areas, increasing the capacity of rural communities to manage change for the benefit of all their members, informing and amplifying the voice of rural communities to influence public policy

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE SUSSEX




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £553872 | £563206 | £1575910 | 16 |
| March 31, 2024 | £479135 | £469662 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £413377 | £443875 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £536696 | £590167 | £1724661 | 12 |
| March 31, 2021 | £517182 | £595157 | £1778132 | 12 |



## Trustees

- COLIN BROWN — appointed Jan. 17, 2023
- Christopher Hobbs — appointed Aug. 8, 2024
- Major General John Moore-Bick — appointed Dec. 3, 2019
- Owen Ingram — appointed Nov. 17, 2022
- William Anderson — appointed Aug. 15, 2018