Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter
- 6 trustees
- Income £103k (2025)
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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.maidstoneshelter.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£103k£101k
- 2024£98k£95k
- 2023£61k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£109k£77k
- 2021£49k£41k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AMONG PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE, KENT WHO ARE HOMELESS, SLEEPING ROUGH OR OTHERWISE ROOFLESS BY: (1)PROVIDING HOSPITALITY AND OVERNIGHT SHELTER FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE WINTER MONTHS. (2)ENGAGING MEMBERS OF CHURCHES IN MAIDSTONE AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN BUILDING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MAIDSTONE, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RELIGION. (3)SUPPORTING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO FIND LONG- TERM ACCOMMODATION. (4)UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER PURPOSES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
11 grants · £94,500 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £36,000 (3 grants)
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £22,500
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000 (3 grants)
- The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust · £10,000
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £2,500
Most recent
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
- Gordon Michael Mackley Chair since 2018
- Chris Hutchinson since 2024
- Glen David Amos since 2024
- REV Canon John Tapper since 2016
- Rev Richard Williams since 2023
- Zofia Grzymala since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Gordon Michael Mackley Chair since 2018
- REV Canon John Tapper since 2016
- Zofia Grzymala since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Chris Hutchinson since 2024
- Glen David Amos since 2024
- Rev Richard Williams since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Gordon Michael Mackley Chair since 2018
- REV Canon John Tapper since 2016
- Zofia Grzymala since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156735
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 17 Apr 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01580713836 · mcwsoffice@maidstoneshelter.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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