Registered charity (CIO) · Maidstone
Something in Kent
Something in Kent is a registered charity (number 1173273) based in Maidstone, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Mark Christopher Dent since 2017. Latest income £96k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £96k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.somethinginkent.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£96k£99k
- 2024£95k£65k
- 2023£22k£75k
Earlier years
- 2022£84k£40k
- 2021£40k£29k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)
Grants received
15 grants · £173,008 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 · £60,000 (4 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £50,000 (2 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £25,360 (4 grants)
- Sport England · £23,324 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £8,324
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Society Trust
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
- Mark Christopher Dent Chair since 2017
- David Standen since 2024
- Martin Grech since 2023
- Steven Hubbard since 2026
- Vincent John Jasper since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Christopher Dent Chair since 2017
- Vincent John Jasper since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Mark Christopher Dent Chair since 2017
- David Standen since 2024
- Martin Grech since 2023
- Steven Hubbard since 2026
- Vincent John Jasper since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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
- 1173273
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jun 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07738593623 · somethinginkent@outlook.com
- 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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