The Friends of Kent Churches
Registered charity 207021 Registered since 1962
Operates: Kent
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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.
15 trustees on the board
- Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO Chair since 2019
- Alice Katherine Brockway since 2026
- Christine Kathleen Hamilton Betts since 2025
- Jane Bird
- John George Ellis since 2025
- Jonathan Reynolds Carey since 2025
- Mary Elizabeth Gibbins
- Margaret Joan Williams since 2015
- Paul Marcus Wallace since 2023
- Richard Henry Ringrose Latham
- Raymond John Hart since 2021
- Simon John Morton Evans since 2025
- Susan Mary Hooper since 2023
- Ven Peter Lock since 2019
- Rosemary Dymond since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO Chair since 2019
- Margaret Joan Williams since 2015
- Ven Peter Lock since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alice Katherine Brockway since 2026
- Christine Kathleen Hamilton Betts since 2025
- Jane Bird
- Mary Elizabeth Gibbins
- Paul Marcus Wallace since 2023
- Raymond John Hart since 2021
- Ven Peter Lock since 2019
Portfolio (8)
- Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO Chair since 2019
- John George Ellis since 2025
- Jonathan Reynolds Carey since 2025
- Margaret Joan Williams since 2015
- Richard Henry Ringrose Latham
- Simon John Morton Evans since 2025
- Susan Mary Hooper since 2023
- Rosemary Dymond since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The United Reformed Church History Society 1 shared trustee
- The NEW College of Cobham 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST. Dunstan's, Cranbrook 1 shared trustee
- Alliance House Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Dukies Foundation 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.friendsofkentchurches.co.uk/ |
| janebird01@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 01622815569 |
| Address | PARSONAGE FARM HOUSE, HAMPSTEAD LANE, YALDING, MAIDSTONE, ME18 6HG |
Finances
£222,518 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £143,003 | £176,841 |
| 2022 | £300,363 | £220,111 |
| 2023 | £253,680 | £226,477 |
| 2024 | £214,340 | £232,106 |
| 2025 | £222,518 | £251,371 |
What it does
What
Arts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable 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.
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
Trustees (15)
- Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO Chair since 2019
- Alice Katherine Brockway since 2026
- Christine Kathleen Hamilton Betts since 2025
- Jane Birdage band 80-84
- John George Ellisage band 70-74 since 2025
- Jonathan Reynolds Careyage band 75-79 since 2025
- Mary Elizabeth Gibbins
- Margaret Joan Williams since 2015
- Paul Marcus Wallace since 2023
- Richard Henry Ringrose Latham
- Raymond John Hart since 2021
- Simon John Morton Evansage band 65-69 since 2025
- Susan Mary Hooperage band 65-69 since 2023
- Ven Peter Lock since 2019
- Rosemary Dymondage band 75-79 since 2021
Connected charities (16)
- The Meadow Room 1 shared trustee
- Cobham Hall Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
- Kent Gardens Trust 1 shared trustee
- Rochester Grammar School for Girls Charity 1 shared trustee
- Tonbridge Civic Society 1 shared trustee
- Alliance House Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
- The United Reformed Church History Society 1 shared trustee
- The Faversham Buildings Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
- The West Kent Downs Countryside Trust 1 shared trustee
- The NEW College of Cobham 1 shared trustee
- Kent MEN of the Trees 1 shared trustee
- Spills Hill Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chapels Society 1 shared trustee
- The Dukies Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST. Dunstan's, Cranbrook 1 shared trustee
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