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Registered charity · Maidstone

The Friends of Kent Churches

The Friends of Kent Churches is a registered charity (number 207021) based in Maidstone, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO since 2019. Latest income £223k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £223k (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Kent
Website
www.friendsofkentchurches.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£223k£251k
  • 2024£214k£232k
  • 2023£254k£226k
Earlier years
  • 2022£300k£220k
  • 2021£143k£177k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF CHURCHES IN USE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT (PRE APRIL 1965 BOUNDARIES) AND TO HELP MAINTAIN IN GOOD ORDER THEIR FABRIC AND FIXTURES OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE AND TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES NECESSARY TO KEEP THEM IN USE.

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.

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance
6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4Education/training 3Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Professional services 6Business services 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£223k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207021
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION 1950 AS AMENDED 29 APRIL 1989 AND MAY 2009. AS AMENDED ON 23 JUN 2016 AS AMENDED ON 10 JUL 2021AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 14 MAY 2022
Contact on the register
01622815569 · janebird01@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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