# THE JOHN AND SUSAN BOWERS FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 266616
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 1973
- **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=266616


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 GREENACRES DRIVE, RINGMER, LEWES
- **Postcode:** BN8 5LZ
- **Phone:** 01273813331
- **Email:** jsbf@gn.apc.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PAY OR APPLY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL OR THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES, INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE SETTLOR DURING HIS LIFE AND AFTER HIS DEATH HELEN MARY SUSAN BOWERS AND AFTER HER DEATH CHRISTOPHER ALAN BOWERS AND JENNIFER ELIZABETH JOHNS(NEE BOWERS) JOINTLY DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE LIFETIMES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN WRITING DIRECT AND SUBJECT TO OR IN DEFAULT OF AND SUCH DIRECTION OR AFTER THE DEATH OF THE SURVIVOR OF THE SETTLOR AND THE SAID HELEN MARY SUSAN BOWERS, CHRISTOPHER ALAN BOWERS AND JENNIFER ELIZABETH JOHNS (NEE BOWERS) TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

**Activities:** About 80% of income from dividends, donations, tax recovery, interest is distributed in grants of ?500 to ?1200 to around 40 registered charities (mainly small, self-help, emerging) chosen in October by trustees. Most animal welfare and large charities are excluded. The balance is invested for income growth. Unsolicited funding applications are considered but only a minority are successful.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £34790 | £39850 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £38712 | £33610 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £51204 | £35628 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £135361 | £135252 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £630181 | £36569 | £1088503 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **MR CHRIS BOWERS** (Chair) — appointed March 12, 1991
- JENNIFER ARMITSTEAD — appointed March 12, 2003
- Louisa Sarah Elisabeth Flemington — appointed Oct. 3, 2015
- MRS JENNY JOHNS — appointed March 12, 1991
- SEBASTIAN ALAN HUGH JOHNS — appointed Oct. 12, 2019
- STEPHEN MARTIN HUGH JOHNS — appointed March 12, 1991
- Veryan Gill — appointed Oct. 3, 2015