Registered charity · Chatham
Fort Amherst Heritage Trust
Fort Amherst Heritage Trust is a registered charity (number 1102399) based in Chatham, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by William Joseph Fowler since 2018. Latest income £216k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Fort Amherst Heritage Park and Caverns Fort Amherst (Charity Commission)
a) acquiring, restoring, maintaining, safeguarding and preserving the historical fortifications known as Fort Amherst and associated fortifications in the Borough of Medway in the County of Kent. b) To collect, care, conserve and display as...
- 6 trustees
- Income £216k (2025)
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Medway
- Website
- www.fortamherst.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Fort Amherst Heritage Trust
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£216k£331k
- 2024£258k£258k
- 2023£214k£242k
Earlier years
- 2022£2.7m£214k
- 2021£74k£88k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
a) acquiring, restoring, maintaining, safeguarding and preserving the historical fortifications known as Fort Amherst and associated fortifications in the Borough of Medway in the County of Kent. b) To collect, care, conserve and display as appropriate, objects and documents relevant to the history of Fort Amherst, its associated fortifications and setting. c) Making the same available for research and for educational and recreational viewing and use by the public.d) Provide benefit to the socially disadvantaged through training, education and work experience associated with the objects above.
Grants received
5 grants · £37,820 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 Heritage Fund · £29,460 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,360
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
6 trustees on the board
- William Joseph Fowler Chair since 2018
- David Moorman since 2013
- Edmund Gulvin
- Glenn Robinson
- Nicola Jane Moy since 2021
- Stuart Robert Bean since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- William Joseph Fowler Chair since 2018
- David Moorman since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- William Joseph Fowler Chair since 2018
- David Moorman since 2013
- Edmund Gulvin
- Glenn Robinson
- Nicola Jane Moy since 2021
- Stuart Robert Bean since 2021
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.
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
- 1102399
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/01/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 FEB 2021 as amended on 17 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 04362306 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01634847747 · admin@fortamherst.com
- 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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