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Registered charity · Kent

Avante Care and Support Limited

Avante Care and Support Limited is a registered charity (number 1002727) based in Kent, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Andrew Patrick Ireland since 2018. Latest income £44m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Kcht (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £44m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Bexley, Greenwich, Kent, Medway
Website
www.avantecare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Avante Care and Support Limited
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44m£43m
  • 2024£45m£37m
  • 2023£33m£31m
Earlier years
  • 2022£31m£29m
  • 2021£32m£30m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 56%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND WHO (I) ARE OF NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; OR (11) SUFFER OR ARE RECOVERING OR CONVALESCING FROM SOME PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DISABILITY; OR (111) ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE; OR (IV) ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE, ADOLESCENTS OR CHILDREN BY :-1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; OR CARE AND SUPPORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHOSE RELIEF THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE FOR WHOM ACCOMMODATION IS PROVIDED OR 2. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Grants received

3 grants · £685,836 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £675,836 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £10,000

Most recent

  • Sport England £10,0002015-04-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £478,9442009-01-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £196,8922004-07-07
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Disability 9Accommodation/housing 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 13Professional services 7Business services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£44.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.4 in 2021

1185 from 1377 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1002727
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/12/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/01/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/08/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/11/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/12/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2015
Companies House
Company number 02565021 · Active
Contact on the register
01795597400 · info@avantecare.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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