The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Staplehurst Free Church

Registered charity 1127205 Registered since 2008

Operates: Kent, Medway

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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

7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Other services 5Business services 1Tech and media 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£137k 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.staplehurstfreechurch.org.uk
Emailchurchadmin@staplehurstfreechurch.org.uk
Phone01580893993
AddressStaplehurst Free Church, Station Road, Staplehurst, TONBRIDGE, TN12 0QQ

Finances

£138,061 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£88,258£78,683
2022£97,803£93,823
2023£91,817£60,472
2024£136,826£170,434
2025£138,061£124,107

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN STAPLEHURST KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN STAPLEHURST KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 OCTOBER 2008

Trustees (5)

5trustees
74median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Staplehurst Free Church · 06725987 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/10/2008

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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