Registered charity · Kent
Friends of the East Kent
- 6 trustees
- Income £19k (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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.friendsoftheeastkent.weebly.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£14k
- 2024£19k£13k
- 2023£19k£19k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE GROUP’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSPORT HERITAGE AND CHARACTER OF THE EAST KENT ROAD CAR COMPANY LIMITED IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND BY RESTORING AND PRESERVING VINTAGE BUSES FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY.3.2 TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF FORMER AND/OR RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF THE EAST KENT ROAD CAR COMPANY LIMITED, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Jacob Bamford Chair since 2021
- Anthony Troth-Alexander since 2021
- David Evans since 2021
- Melissa Ann Barrett since 2023
- Paul Harry Tripptree since 2021
- Richard Seddon since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthony Troth-Alexander since 2021
- David Evans since 2021
- Paul Harry Tripptree since 2021
- Richard Seddon since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Jacob Bamford Chair since 2021
- Melissa Ann Barrett since 2023
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.
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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
- 1196106
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 08 AUG 2020AS AMENDED ON 10 OCT 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07903770603 · andrew_watkins@lineone.net
- 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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