Registered charity (CIO) · Maidstone
Hearsay Charitable Trust
Hearsay Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 1200556) based in Maidstone, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Professor Martin Knapp CBE since 2022. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Hearsay Trust (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £20k (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
- Where
- Kent, Medway
- Website
- www.hearsaytrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£28k
- 2024£17k£21k
- 2023£32k£27k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR FAMILIES CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY A RANGE OF IMPAIRING CONDITIONS SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIOURAL OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, AND/OR PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR OTHER DISABILITIES AS WELL AS THOSE AFFECTED BY THE HEALTH OR DISABILITIES OF OTHERS, IN MAIDSTONE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS;(B) TO PROVIDE SUCH COUNSELLING PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD PRIVATE COUNSELLING OR WHOSE NEEDS CANNOT BE MET BY OTHER AGENCIES IN A TIMELY MANNER;(C) TO FURTHER THE TRAINING OF COUNSELLORS AND OTHERS WHO ASSIST IN HELPING PERSONS WITH OR AFFECTED BY MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR OTHER DISABILITIES;(D) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CHALLENGES FACING INDIVIDUALS WITH OR AFFECTED BY DISABILITIES;(E) TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN COMPLEMENTARY OR SIMILAR FIELDS IN THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH OR AFFECTED BY DISABILITIES.
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
- Professor Martin Knapp CBE Chair since 2022
- Ann Freeman since 2022
- Dr Nellie Adjaye MBE since 2022
- John Edward Taylor since 2023
- Marie Sandra Manoarie Kidd since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Professor Martin Knapp CBE Chair since 2022
- Ann Freeman since 2022
- Dr Nellie Adjaye MBE since 2022
- John Edward Taylor since 2023
- Marie Sandra Manoarie Kidd since 2026
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
- 1200556
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01622230765 · enquiries@hearsay-trust.org.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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