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Registered charity · Kent

The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £16k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
www.eastchurchaviationmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16k£17k
  • 2024£28k£28k
  • 2023£5k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£21k
  • 2021£19k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

[1] TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY,[2] FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY, TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND.

Grants received

4 grants · £262,988 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 · £250,000
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £12,988 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £250,0002006-08-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,7432003-12-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,7152001-09-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,5302000-03-31
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.

12 trustees on the board

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10Economic/community Development/employment 2Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 12Hospitality 3Arts and leisure 2

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£16k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1065880
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 27 OCTOBER 1997
Companies House
Company number 03438234 · Active
Contact on the register
01795580000 · a.downs123@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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