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Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £157k (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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.strangecargo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£157k£194k
- 2024£190k£170k
- 2023£135k£164k
Earlier years
- 2022£156k£131k
- 2021£180k£115k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS RESIDING IN EAST KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDING IN EAST KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS
Grants received
3 grants · £98,000 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £78,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Gary Bourne since 2013
- Jennifer Thatcher since 2014
- John Joseph Charlesworth since 2014
- Josephine Mary Carter since 2024
- MR Nick Varian since 2014
- Sally Anne Hough since 2018
- Terry Perk since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Gary Bourne since 2013
- Jennifer Thatcher since 2014
- John Joseph Charlesworth since 2014
- MR Nick Varian since 2014
- Sally Anne Hough since 2018
- Terry Perk since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gary Bourne since 2013
- Jennifer Thatcher since 2014
- John Joseph Charlesworth since 2014
- Josephine Mary Carter since 2024
- MR Nick Varian since 2014
- Sally Anne Hough since 2018
- Terry Perk since 2018
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068396
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 9 JUNE 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 03066271 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01303278821 · info@strangecargo.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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