# THE EDWARD JAMES FOUNDATION LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126084
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 26, 2008
- **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=1126084


## Contact

- **Address:** West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex
- **Postcode:** PO18 0QZ
- **Phone:** 01243818257
- **Email:** diane.goodman@westdean.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.westdean.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE EDUCATION PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION):(A) THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION THROUGH WEST DEAN COLLEGE;(B) PROVIDED THAT THE ACTIVITY AT (A) ABOVE HAS (IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES) BEEN FULFILLED THEN IN THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION, AS A SECONDARY ACTIVITY, PRESERVING (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) THE WEST DEAM ESTATE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAID ESTATE CONSISTS OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND PHYSICAL OR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE.

**Activities:** The Foundation delivers education through West Dean College and, as a secondary activity, maintains and preserves the West Dean Estate.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £13897292 | £18331588 | £141839286 | 279 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £14423100 | £17569333 | £144111291 | 275 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £13271621 | £16214690 | £147030764 | 268 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £8008284 | £10260172 | £149945281 | 251 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £7821600 | £10503633 | £141002658 | 229 |



## Trustees

- **PROFESSOR PAUL O'PREY PHD** (Chair) — appointed June 25, 2015
- Caroline Winifred Griffith — appointed April 25, 2014
- Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr — appointed Dec. 9, 2022
- Francis Plowden — appointed Dec. 16, 2014
- Kevin Graham Edgeley — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- MARTIN WILLIAM ASHLEY — appointed Nov. 3, 2017
- MICHAEL JOHN MCCART — appointed June 15, 2018
- Naomi Davenport — appointed Dec. 9, 2022
- Ray Jon Shostak CBE — appointed April 1, 2024
- Richard Ewbank — appointed Aug. 11, 2025
- Yen-Yen Teh — appointed Dec. 7, 2023