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Birchington Heritage Trust

3: OBJECTSThe Trust’s objects (‘the objects’) are:a) To advance the education of the public in the local history of the civil parishes of Birchington and Acol in the County of Kent, in particular, but not exclusively, by • collecting, storing and...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £5k (2025)

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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
www.birchingtonheritage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5k£7k
  • 2024£6k£6k
  • 2023£4k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£5k
  • 2021£3k£972

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3: OBJECTSThe Trust’s objects (‘the objects’) are:a) To advance the education of the public in the local history of the civil parishes of Birchington and Acol in the County of Kent, in particular, but not exclusively, by • collecting, storing and displaying artefacts and associated evidence relating to the history of these parishes• managing premises for use as a museum, providing physical and digital access to the collections and artefacts as may be reasonably practicable• promoting and encouraging access for all to the museum and its collection, including through publications and eventsb) To promote research into the history of the parishes at clause 3(a) and disseminate information to members of the Trust and the general public.c) To promote volunteering to support the objects set out in clauses (a) and (b) above.

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.

7.3y median 5y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 1

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£5k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1099250
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 SEPTEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED 7 AUGUST 2003. as amended on 30 May 2019 as amended on 26 Jun 2025 as amended on 26 Jun 2025
Contact on the register
birchington.ht@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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