Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
The Friends of Chatham Traction
- 3 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Medway
- Website
- www.chathamtraction.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Friends of Chatham Traction
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£12k£7k
- 2023£3k£8k
Earlier years
- 2022£17k£3k
- 2021£24k£49k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY AND ROLE OF THE CHATHAM AND DISTRICT TRACTION COMPANY IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A) PRESERVING, RESTORING, EXHIBITING AND OPERATING THE 1939 BRISTOL K5G DOUBLE-DECK BUS REGISTERED GKE 68;B) PRESERVING, RESTORING AND EXHIBITING SUCH OTHER PASSENGER SERVICE VEHICLES OF PARTICULAR EDUCATIONAL OR HISTORICAL MERIT;C) COLLECTING AND EXHIBITING ARTEFACTS, EPHEMERA AND RECORDING PUBLIC HISTORY RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Grants received
3 grants · £109,800 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 Heritage Fund · £99,800 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
3 trustees on the board
- Richard Bourne Chair since 2017
- Norman Kemp since 2017
- Wendy Mesher since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Bourne Chair since 2017
- Norman Kemp since 2017
- Wendy Mesher since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Richard Bourne Chair since 2017
- Norman Kemp since 2017
- Wendy Mesher since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
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
- 1174323
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Aug 2017
- Companies House
- Company number CE010818 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01634 811014 · mesherwendy@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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