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East Sussex Farmers' Benevolent Fund

East Sussex Farmers Union Benevolent Fund

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
271188
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 30, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 29, 1976
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
24 West Gate
Plumpton Green
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 3BQ

Activities

Financial assistance to farmers, farm staff and those involved in all of the wider land based industries and dependants of these groups. Mainly in the county of Sussex but also in adjoining counties at the Trustees discretion. Support can be short or long term to cover, for example, illness, support in retirement or financial difficulties and can also be for those entering land based education.

Objects: (1) Making Payments Or Grants To Or Otherwise Assisting Necessitous Farmers, Farmworkers Or Their Dependants In The County Of East Sussex In Such Manner As The Committee Shall From Time To Time Direct.(2) If And In So Far As The Income Of The Charity Cannot Be Applied Towards The Object Specified Above, The Trustees May Apply IT In Making Payments And Grants To Or Otherwise Assisting Necessitous Farmers, Farmworkers And Their Dependants In The Counties Of Kent, Surrey And West Sussex In Such Manner As The Committee Shall From Time To Time Direct.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
Other Defined Groups

Geography

Area of benefit
East And West Sussex, Kent, And Surrey
Local Authority
East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
April 5, 2026 July 30, 2026On time £106,142 £74,620
April 5, 2025 July 25, 2025On time £93,355 £51,597
April 5, 2024 Aug. 23, 2024On time £91,246 £62,092
April 5, 2023 Oct. 17, 2023On time £79,636 £60,930
April 5, 2022 Aug. 22, 2022On time £83,190 £66,489
April 5, 2021 Aug. 16, 2021 £73,012 £44,008

Trustees

Name Appointed
Edward John Gribble Aug. 22, 2013
Frank Langrish July 20, 2016
Gordon James Fowlie MBE
John Henry Robinson
Phillip Hook Aug. 22, 2013
Peter Allan Appleton Jan. 25, 2023