The Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIO

Registered charity 1197324 CIO Registered since 2022

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.1y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.7y

average years in governance

7 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2Animals 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Other services 10Arts and leisure 8Dormant 5

Boards that share trustees

The Howletts Wild Animal Trust 1 shared trustee
The Twentieth Century Society 1 shared trustee
Goals 4 Girls CIO 1 shared trustee
The Evie Dove Foundation CIO 1 shared trustee
The Rose Ayling-Ellis Foundation 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Twentieth Century Society 1 shared trustee
Goals 4 Girls CIO 1 shared trustee
The Evie Dove Foundation CIO 1 shared trustee
The Howletts Wild Animal Trust 1 shared trustee
The Rose Ayling-Ellis Foundation 1 shared trustee
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	http://www.leaslift.co.uk/
Email	hello@leaslift.co.uk
Phone	01303761892
Address	The Workshop, 32-40 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1JU

Finances

£533,563 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2023	£316,433	£49,096
2024	£629,774	£73,747
2025	£533,563	£133,037

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE THE HISTORIC LEAS LIFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED ROLLING STOCK, BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER POWERED CLIFF SIDE FUNICULAR RAILWAY CONTINUES TO OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TO FOLKESTONE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORIC LEAS LIFT.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Jan 2022 as amended on 27 Nov 2024

Trustees (9)

9trustees

52median age

1aged 70+

Catherine Mary Beareage 58 Chair since 2022
Adam Jay Colemanage 45 since 2023
Daniel Ward Hulmeage 37 since 2022
Edwin Wallace Wealend since 2022
James Walker-Osborn since 2022
Lewis Harold Biggsage 74 since 2024
Peter William Oetzmann since 2022
Rachel Louise Knight since 2024
Thomas James Mcgarry since 2025

Connected charities (5)

Goals 4 Girls CIO 1 shared trustee
The Evie Dove Foundation CIO 1 shared trustee
The Rose Ayling-Ellis Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Howletts Wild Animal Trust 1 shared trustee
The Twentieth Century Society 1 shared trustee

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