The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Samuel Bishop Foundation, Newenden Kent

Registered charity 1101307 Registered since 2003

Operates: Kent

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8y median 8.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 5Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£788 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

EmailJILLIANELDRIDGE@HOTMAIL.COM
Phone01797252894
Address4 HERON COTTAGES, LOSSENHAM LANE, NEWENDEN, CRANBROOK, TN18 5QE

Finances

£788 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£640£1,040
2021£773£700
2022£702£700
2023£772£580
2024£788£420

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

THE SCHOOL PREMISES OF THE FOUNDATION SHALL BE USED BY THE TRUSTEES, SO FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE, FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS OR CHILDREN ONLY OF THE LABOURING, MANUFACTURING, AND OTHER POORER CLASSES IN THE SAID PARISH:- A) CLASSES FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.B) EVENING OR OTHER CLASSES FOR INSTRUCTION IN SECULAR SUBJECTS, OR LECTURES OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER.C) PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION BY MEANS OF A GYMNASIUM OR OTHERWISE.D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF A LIBRARY OR READING ROOM (WITH REGARD AMONG OTHER THINGS TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS PURSUING THEIR EDUCATION) AND THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE DAY OR EVENING.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 23 AUGUST 1907 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 31 JULY 1931

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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