# EAST SUSSEX FARMERS' BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 271188
- **Other names:** EAST SUSSEX FARMERS UNION BENEVOLENT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 29, 1976
- **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=271188


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 West Gate, Plumpton Green, LEWES, East Sussex
- **Postcode:** BN7 3BQ
- **Phone:** 07912464746
- **Email:** des.lambert@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.eastsussexfarmersbenevolentfund.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** EAST AND WEST SUSSEX, KENT, AND SURREY




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- Surrey
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £93355 | £51597 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £91246 | £62092 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £79636 | £60930 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £83190 | £66489 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £73012 | £44008 | — | — |



## Trustees

- EDWARD JOHN GRIBBLE — appointed Aug. 22, 2013
- Frank Langrish — appointed July 20, 2016
- GORDON JAMES FOWLIE MBE
- JOHN HENRY ROBINSON
- PHILLIP HOOK — appointed Aug. 22, 2013
- Peter Allan Appleton — appointed Jan. 25, 2023