Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Open Arms Foundation (Kent)
- 3 trustees
- Income £833 (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, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- openarmsfoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£833£1k
- 2024£1k£2k
- 2023£1k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£30£436
- 2021£6k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, FACING HOMELESSNESS OR THOSE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE ASHFORD AREA OF KENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, CLOTHING, BEDDING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.
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
- Penelope Blackwell Chair since 2019
- IAN John Fraiser since 2019
- Penelope June Fraiser since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Penelope Blackwell Chair since 2019
- IAN John Fraiser since 2019
- Penelope June Fraiser since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- IAN John Fraiser since 2019
- Penelope June Fraiser since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Penelope Blackwell Chair since 2019
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.
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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
- 1181533
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Jan 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01233 720312 · info@openarmsfoundation.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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