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Chatham Maritime Trust

Chatham Maritime Trust is a registered charity (number 1055710) based in Kent, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Anthony Phillip Sutton since 2013. Latest income £2.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

1.1 To provide or to assist in the provision of amenities primarily for the benefit of citizens of the Medway Towns in the County of Kent and generally for the benefit of the public and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing to...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £2.1m (2025)

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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
Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Medway
Website
www.cmtrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Chatham Maritime Trust
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.1m£1.8m
  • 2024£1.8m£1.6m
  • 2023£2.3m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.5m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.5m£1.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1.1 To provide or to assist in the provision of amenities primarily for the benefit of citizens of the Medway Towns in the County of Kent and generally for the benefit of the public and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing to undertake management and maintenance responsibilities of the Chatham Maritime Estate (Development);1.2 To provide or to assist in providing facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in or in connection with the Development and its neighbourhood, such facilities being provided with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the local community1.3 To educate and assist young persons and other members of the community of the Medway Towns and its neighbourhood through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities and so that their conditions of life may be improved and in furtherance of that object to provide at the facilities to be provided by the Charity, lectures, classes and training facilities which will be made available to the public using such facilities.1.4 To undertake such other charitable purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

Grants received

1 grant · £50,000 total

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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.

14 trustees on the board

6.1y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 13Other Charitable Purposes 13Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Property 15Other services 4Business services 2

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.

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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
2024
2025
incomespending£2.1m 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.

12.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.3 in 2021

12 from 9 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
1055710
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH MARCH 1994, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 2 JUNE 1994, 18 MARCH 1996, 28 NOVEMBER 2003 AND 3 DECEMBER 2004. as amended on 11 Mar 2022 as amended on 22 Jun 2022 as amended on 30 Jun 2022
Companies House
Company number 02913375 · Active
Contact on the register
01634891888 · info@cmtrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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