Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Medway Puzzles
Medway Puzzles is a registered charity (number 1192687) based in Kent, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Amanda-Jane Louise Birch since 2022. Latest income £60k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £60k (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
- Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Kent, Medway
- Website
- www.medwaypuzzles.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£60k£55k
- 2024£87k£85k
- 2023£75k£73k
Earlier years
- 2022£107k£104k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CG IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLEFROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDEDAND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OFSOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDINGALCOHOL AND 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 BASICHABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTOSOCIETY)
Grants received
11 grants · £120,688 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 · £40,000 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £26,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust · £15,000
- Sport England · £6,838
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
- Amanda-Jane Louise Birch Chair since 2022
- Maxi Marie Card since 2020
- Nicola Jane Leahy since 2022
- Paul Martin Harper since 2020
- Tracey Louise Rea since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Amanda-Jane Louise Birch Chair since 2022
- Maxi Marie Card since 2020
- Nicola Jane Leahy since 2022
- Paul Martin Harper since 2020
- Tracey Louise Rea since 2022
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
- 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
- 1192687
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Dec 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07506114611 · paul.harper@medwaypuzzles.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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