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Registered charity · Kent

The Pontoon Trust

The Pontoon Trust is a registered charity (number 1172421) based in Kent, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £4.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £4.4m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Kenya, Ireland, Sweden and more
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.4m£4.4m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.3m
  • 2023£82k£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.4m
  • 2021£2.5m£2.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION BY3.1.1. SUPPORTING THE WORKS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS (KNOWN AS THE JESUITS) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, SWEDEN AND EAST AFRICA;3.1.2. PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS WISHING TO ATTEND BLACKROCK COLLEGE, DUBLIN, AND OTHER SIMILAR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, WHERE THE COSTS MAY OTHERWISE MAKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE;3.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND OPERA;3.3. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO (WITHOUT LIMITATION):3.3.1. PERSONS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE DURING THEIR EDUCATION OR OTHER TRAINING (WHETHER ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL OR VOCATIONAL); AND3.3.2. OLDER PERSONS SUFFERING FROM NEGLECT ABUSE OR OTHER FORMS OF HARDSHIP.

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.

4 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Education/training 4Religious Activities 4

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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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£4.4m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

0
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1172421
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 24 JAN 2017
Contact on the register
01892701801 · charities.hwam@handelsbanken.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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