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

Registered charity 207100 Registered since 1962

Operates: Bexley, Bromley, Kirklees, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, West Sussex, Medway

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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

12.3y median 10.5y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 4Arts and leisure 3Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rbt.org.uk
Emailenquiries@rbt.org.uk
Phone01634846706
AddressRochester Bridge Trust, St. Andrews House, The Precinct, ROCHESTER, Kent, ME1 1SU

Finances

£3,858,749 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,976,577£9,532,927
2022£3,382,593£3,886,659
2023£3,416,408£4,121,306
2024£3,703,270£4,052,851
2025£3,858,749£6,639,464

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

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.

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 2024

Trustees (12)

12trustees
78median age
4aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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