Registered charity · Kent
HI Kent
- 5 trustees
- Income £574k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Kent, Medway
- Website
- www.hikent.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- HI Kent
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£574k£581k
- 2024£563k£580k
- 2023£580k£622k
Earlier years
- 2022£575k£603k
- 2021£662k£563k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HEARING-IMPAIRED PERSONS.
Grants received
16 grants · £562,145 total360Giving 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 · £349,645 (7 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £100,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £60,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £35,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Clive Reddihough Chair
- Caroline Elizabeth Highwood since 2012
- Julia Samantha Cox since 2024
- Mary Shaw since 2017
- Pat Todd since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Caroline Elizabeth Highwood since 2012
- Mary Shaw since 2017
- Pat Todd since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Clive Reddihough Chair
- Caroline Elizabeth Highwood since 2012
- Julia Samantha Cox since 2024
- Mary Shaw since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Pat Todd since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1052036
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH NOVEMBER 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 03132542 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01622691151 · enquiries@hikent.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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