Registered charity · Kent
Involve Kent
Involve Kent is a registered charity (number 1066911) based in Kent, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £5.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £5.5m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andy FairhurstTrustee · since 2018
- Deirdre O'DonoghueTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Malti VarshneyTrustee · since 2024
- Felix AdenaikeTrustee · since 2025
- John BennettTrustee · since 2018
- Jonathan Mark FennTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel HewettTrustee · since 2020
- Richard BenfieldTrustee · since 2025
- Shelley Hathaway-BattTrustee · since 2024
- Vandana LonglandTrustee · since 2025
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
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.involvekent.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Involve Kent Limited
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.5m£4.7m
- 2024£6.4m£5.2m
- 2023£5.2m£4.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.4m£3.8m
- 2021£2.9m£2.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 85% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND IN THE WIDER AREA OF THE COUNTRY OF ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH; AND B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY BODIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE WIDER AREA OF THE COUNTRY OF ENGLAND.
Grants received
24 grants · £1,908,803 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 · £1,245,331 (11 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £429,680 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £77,300
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (4 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £41,492
Most recent
- 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Andy Fairhurst since 2018
- Deirdre O'Donoghue since 2021
- Dr Malti Varshney since 2024
- Felix Adenaike since 2025
- John Bennett since 2018
- Jonathan Mark Fenn since 2024
- Rachel Hewett since 2020
- Richard Benfield since 2025
- Shelley Hathaway-Batt since 2024
- Vandana Longland since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andy Fairhurst since 2018
- John Bennett since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andy Fairhurst since 2018
- Deirdre O'Donoghue since 2021
- Dr Malti Varshney since 2024
- Felix Adenaike since 2025
- John Bennett since 2018
- Jonathan Mark Fenn since 2024
- Rachel Hewett since 2020
- Richard Benfield since 2025
- Shelley Hathaway-Batt since 2024
- Vandana Longland since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
8.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1066911
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/10/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/11/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/07/2015 as amended on 09 Feb 2024 as amended on 14 Aug 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03449624 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300810005 · office@involvekent.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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