Whitstable Castle Trust

Registered charity 1126553 Registered since 2008

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.

7 trustees on the board

Carolyn Janine Parry since 2023
Christine Humber since 2024
David Frost since 2025
Georgina Glover since 2015
John Dennis since 2024
Linda MAY Annable
Matthew Northover since 2022

3.8y median 2.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Georgina Glover since 2015

11.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Georgina Glover since 2015

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 7General Charitable Purposes 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Retail and trade 8Hospitality 3Education 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£712k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.3 in 2021

31 from 20 in 2022

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Jesus Hospital 1 shared trustee
The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Walworth Garden Similar size; both Environment
The Charles Hastings Education Centre Similar size; both Environment
The Chiltern Society Similar size; both Environment
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.whitstablecastle.co.uk
Email	enquiries@whitstablecastle.co.uk
Phone	01227281726
Address	Whitstable Castle, Tower Hill, WHITSTABLE, Kent, CT5 2BW

Finances

£712,338 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£408,356	£392,139
2022	£796,989	£717,712
2023	£767,299	£772,450
2024	£815,331	£827,808
2025	£712,338	£711,396

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION OF WHITSTABLE CASTLE AND ITS GROUNDS ("THE CASTLE") AS A BUILDING OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE OF THE CASTLE AND IN ITS RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WHITSTABLE AND VISITORS TO WHITSTABLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 JANUARY 2008AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 15 OCTOBER 2008

Trustees (7)

7trustees

79median age

4aged 70+

Carolyn Janine Parryage band 65-69 since 2023
Christine Humberage band 80-84 since 2024
David Frostage band 80-84 since 2025
Georgina Gloverage band 80-84 since 2015
John Dennisage band 65-69 since 2024
Linda MAY Annableage band 75-79
Matthew Northoverage band 55-59 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

The Whitstable Castle Trust · 06488972 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/01/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Jesus Hospital 1 shared trustee
The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association 1 shared trustee

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