The Wakefield Bequest
Registered charity 209461 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Carolyn Chivers since 2025
- Cllr John Chapman since 2025
- David Lionel Godwin Owen since 2014
- Dudley Shipton since 2019
- John Antony Schoner MBE JP since 2013
- Pauline Curran since 2026
- Rev Michael Darkins since 2020
- Richard Carroll since 2024
- Ross Carter since 2023
- Tim Prater since 2019
5.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- David Lionel Godwin Owen since 2014
- Dudley Shipton since 2019
- John Antony Schoner MBE JP since 2013
- Rev Michael Darkins since 2020
- Tim Prater since 2019
6.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- John Antony Schoner MBE JP since 2013
- Pauline Curran since 2026
- Rev Michael Darkins since 2020
- Richard Carroll since 2024
- Ross Carter since 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Carolyn Chivers since 2025
- Cllr John Chapman since 2025
- David Lionel Godwin Owen since 2014
- Dudley Shipton since 2019
- Tim Prater since 2019
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.
Education 1Health and social care 1
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.
incomespending£1k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- Friends of Hythe Dementia 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Leonard, Hythe 1 shared trustee
- Bossingham PRE-School LTD 1 shared trustee
- Sandgate Heritage Trust CIO 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Witton Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Henley-in-Arden General Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.hythetc.kentparishes.gov.uk/charities/ |
| admin@hythe-tc.gov.uk | |
| Phone | 01303266152 |
| Address | Hythe Town Council, Council Offices, Oaklands, 1 Stade Street, HYTHE, CT21 6BG |
Finances
£1,275 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,878 | £300 |
| 2022 | £2,101 | £1,060 |
| 2023 | £2,324 | £1,042 |
| 2024 | £2,443 | £590 |
| 2025 | £1,275 | £543 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF QUALIFIED POOR PERSONS OF THE BOROUGH OF HYTHE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR DISCRETION SELECT.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH JUNE 1952
Trustees (10)
10trustees
75median age
1aged 70+
- Carolyn Chiversage band 65-69 since 2025
- Cllr John Chapman since 2025
- David Lionel Godwin Owenage band 80-84 since 2014
- Dudley Shipton since 2019
- John Antony Schoner MBE JP since 2013
- Pauline Curran since 2026
- Rev Michael Darkins since 2020
- Richard Carroll since 2024
- Ross Carter since 2023
- Tim Prater since 2019
Connected charities (5)
- Sandgate Heritage Trust CIO 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Leonard, Hythe 1 shared trustee
- Friends of Hythe Dementia 1 shared trustee
- Bossingham PRE-School LTD 1 shared trustee
- Hospitals of ST Bartholomew and ST John 1 shared trustee
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