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Registered charity · Kent

The Wardens and Assistants of Rochester Bridge in the County of Kent

The Wardens and Assistants of Rochester Bridge in the County of Kent is a registered charity (number 207100) based in Kent, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Russell Graham Cooper since 2007. Latest income £3.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Rochester Bridge Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Bexley, Bromley, Kirklees, Cambridgeshire and more
Website
www.rbt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.9m£6.6m
  • 2024£3.7m£4.1m
  • 2023£3.4m£4.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.4m£3.9m
  • 2021£3.0m£9.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BRIDGES (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ROCHESTER BRIDGE)AND THE APPROACHES THERETO BELONGING TO THE CHARITY AND OF THE BANKS AND CHANNEL OF THE RIVER MEDWAY SO FAR AS THE CONDITIONS THEREOF MAY AFFECT THE MAINTENANCE OF ROCHESTER BRIDGE.(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE RIVER MEDWAY BY MEANS OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO: (A) THE EXECUTION AND MAINTENANCE OF WORKS (INCLUDING THE APPROACHES THERETO, WHETHER OR NOT BELONGING TO THE CHARITY) TENDING TO FACILITATE THE PASSAGE OVER, UNDER OR ACROSS THE RIVER MEDWAY; AND/OR (B) THE EXECUTION OF WORKS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BANKS AND CHANNELS OF THE RIVER MEDWAY SO FAR AS THE CONDITION THEREOF MAY AFFECT PASSAGE OVER, UNDER OR ACROSS THE RIVER MEDWAY; (3) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PRIMARILY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT.

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.

12 trustees on the board

10.7y median 5.5y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 12Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 2Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 6Arts and leisure 5Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£3.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

22 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
207100
Status
Registered
Governing document
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT ROCHESTER BRIDGE ACTS AND MEDWAY TUNNEL ACT 26/07/1990AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 01/06/1999THE CHARITIES (ROCHESTER BRIDGE TRUSTS) ORDER 30/11/2000AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 20/06/2006AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 31/07/2006AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 29/10/2007AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19/11/2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30/12/2013AS AMENDED ON 01/09/2014AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 JAN 2018AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 12 MAR 2018 AS AMENDED ON 19 FEB 2019AS AMENDED ON 01 MAR 2021AS AMENDED ON 23 MAY 2022AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 20 MAY 2024AS AMENDED ON 16 OCT 2025
Contact on the register
01634846706 · enquiries@rbt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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