Registered charity (CIO) · Gillingham
Medway Open Award Centre
Medway Open Award Centre is a registered charity (number 1172240) based in Gillingham, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Robert Andrew Philip Wood since 2017. Latest income £49k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £49k (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
- Education/training, Recreation
- Where
- Medway
- Website
- moac.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£49k£41k
- 2024£45k£43k
- 2023£40k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£22k
- 2021£8k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 44%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND STAFF TO OFFER SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE ACCESS TO TRAINING COURSES, SPECIALIST EXPEDITION TRAINING AND EXPEDITIONS WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND BE ACCREDITED TOWARDS SUCH SCHEMES AS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD PROGRAMME, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Robert Andrew Philip Wood Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Nicole Chinn since 2022
- Gary John Hackwell since 2017
- Malcolm David Robert Hutton since 2017
- Steven Mark Short since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Andrew Philip Wood Chair since 2017
- Gary John Hackwell since 2017
- Malcolm David Robert Hutton since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Robert Andrew Philip Wood Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Nicole Chinn since 2022
- Gary John Hackwell since 2017
- Malcolm David Robert Hutton since 2017
- Steven Mark Short since 2024
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172240
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 24 Mar 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01634 577766 · info@moac.co.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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