The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of ST. Nicholas Church ASH

Registered charity 1045933 Registered since 1995

Operates: Kent

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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.

12 trustees on the board

9.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 10Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2

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

Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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2025
incomespending£15k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailfstnicholas@gmail.com
Phone01304812049
AddressIden, Poulton Lane, Ash, Canterbury, CT3 2HN

Finances

£14,747 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,265£2,670
2022£9,007£1,459
2023£14,371£1,621
2024£13,535£27,156
2025£14,747£3,782

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

2. Aims & Objects a) The Friends is established to beautify and assist in the maintenance of the fabric of the ParishChurch of St Nicholas Ash in the Diocese of Canterbury (hereinafter called "the Church") and to preserve and protect it as a place of worship. This includes the restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance and improvement of the land, building, fittings, fixtures, furnishings and contents of the Church, its Churchyard, its boundary, gates and fences.b) In furtherance of the said objects but not otherwise the Friends may:- i. Arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing for the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures, entertainment functions and classes. ii. Collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the objects. iii. Cause to be written and printed or otherwise reproduced and circulated, gratuitously or otherwise, such papers, books, periodicals, pamphlets or other documents or films or recorded tapes (whether audio or visual or both) as shall further the objects. iv. Raise funds by any lawful means and through any lawful activity and invite and receive contributions from any persons whatsoever by way of subscriptions and otherwise. v. Make grants of money and gifts of other property to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Parish of St Nicholas Ash and generally assist those responsible for the care and maintenance of the Church in any manner as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.vi. Invest the monies of the Friends not immediately required for the said objects in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless to such conditions (if any) as may be imposed or required by law.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06/04/1995AS AMENDED ON 16/07/2012 as amended on 05 Sept 2024 as amended on 05 Sept 2024

Trustees (12)

12trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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