The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

West Kent Debt Advice

Registered charity 1125756 Registered since 2008

Operates: East Sussex, 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.

4 trustees on the board

7.7y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
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 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 4Manufacturing 4Dormant 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£153k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wkda.org.uk
Emailinfo@crosslightadvice.org
Phone01732 300 425
AddressTONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH, DERWENT ROAD, TONBRIDGE, TN10 3HZ

Finances

£152,679 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£133,386£111,531
2021£103,404£110,408
2022£102,306£112,243
2023£108,850£125,490
2024£152,679£130,038

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE (A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIPAMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY THEPROVISION OF FREE ADVICE, COUNSELLING, AND SUPPORT; (B) TO ADVANCE THEEDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIRPERSONAL FINANCES; (C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEPUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 AUGUST 2008CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 JANUARY 2011 as amended on 08 May 2012

Trustees (4)

4trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

West Kent Debt Advice · 06669672 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/08/2008

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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