Commonwealth Housing Trust
Registered charity 1102126 Registered since 2004
Operates: Kent, Kenya
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Bernadette Gitari since 2019
- Louise Jane Archer Frics since 2016
- Mabel Valerie Kent since 2018
- Max Crofts since 2019
- Michael Sander since 2003
- Philip Brian Hillman since 2014
- Ripin Kalra since 2012
- Toby Alexander Randolph Kent since 2024
10.4y median 9y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Bernadette Gitari since 2019
- Louise Jane Archer Frics since 2016
- Mabel Valerie Kent since 2018
- Max Crofts since 2019
- Michael Sander since 2003
- Philip Brian Hillman since 2014
- Ripin Kalra since 2012
10.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Bernadette Gitari since 2019
- Louise Jane Archer Frics since 2016
- Max Crofts since 2019
- Michael Sander since 2003
- Philip Brian Hillman since 2014
- Toby Alexander Randolph Kent since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Mabel Valerie Kent since 2018
- Ripin Kalra since 2012
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Accommodation/housing 8Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.
Business services 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£30k latest income
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
- Commonwealth Human Ecology Council Limited 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Wales Romanian AID Similar size; both Housing
- Charlotte Beaty's Almshouses Similar size; both Housing
- Grove END Road Limited Similar size; both Housing
- Grass Roots Rwanda Similar size; both Housing
- Hope, Uganda Similar size; both Housing
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.commonwealthhousingtrust.org |
| enquiries@cht-uk.org | |
| Phone | 01892 527315 |
| Address | 8 HUNGERSHALL PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 8NE |
Finances
£22,132 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £16,750 | £16,365 |
| 2022 | £36,836 | £36,884 |
| 2023 | £15,666 | £27,224 |
| 2024 | £30,478 | £22,894 |
| 2025 | £22,132 | £25,510 |
What it does
What
Accommodation/housingWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable objects
TO RELIEVE PEOPLE IN NEED BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING PROJECTS WHICH THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7 JANUARY 2004
Trustees (8)
8trustees
53median age
0aged 70+
- Bernadette Gitari since 2019
- Louise Jane Archer Frics since 2016
- Mabel Valerie Kent since 2018
- Max Crofts since 2019
- Michael Sander since 2003
- Philip Brian Hillman since 2014
- Ripin Kalraage band 50-54 since 2012
- Toby Alexander Randolph Kent since 2024
Connected charities (2)
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