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Registered charity (CIO) · Torquay

Kents Cavern Foundation

Kents Cavern Foundation is a registered charity (number 1154561) based in Torquay, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Robert Matley COX since 2023. Latest income £1k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £1k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Torbay
Website
www.Kents-Cavern.co.uk/foundation (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1k£884
  • 2023£697£2k
  • 2022£1k£225
Earlier years
  • 2021£3k£0
  • 2020£0£0

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION OF KENTS CAVERN AND SURROUNDING AREA COVERED BY THE SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT LISTING AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION,PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CAVE AND SURROUNDING AREA WITHIN THE SSSI DESIGNATION.2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OF PREHISTORY AND BY FACILITATING AND COORDINATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Grants received

4 grants · £369,500 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £301,300 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £68,200 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £81,5002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £219,8002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £26,2002018-04-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £42,0002014-05-07
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.

3 trustees on the board

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£1k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1154561
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 12 Nov 2013 as amended on 01 Apr 2025
Contact on the register
01803215136 · caves@kents-cavern.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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