The Wakefield Bequest

Registered charity 209461 Registered since 1962

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.8y median 6y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.8y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Disability 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience

Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Leonard, Hythe 1 shared trustee
Bossingham PRE-School LTD 1 shared trustee
Friends of Hythe Dementia 1 shared trustee
Sandgate Heritage Trust CIO 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

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
Witton Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
Henley-in-Arden General Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief

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Contact

Website	www.hythetc.kentparishes.gov.uk/charities/
Email	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 Poverty

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable 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 (9)

9trustees

75median age

1aged 70+

Carolyn Chiversage 68 since 2025
David Lionel Godwin Owenage 81 since 2014
Dudley Shipton since 2019
John Antony Schoner MBE JP since 2013
John Chapman since 2025
Rev Michael Darkins since 2020
Richard Carroll since 2024
Ross Carter since 2023
Tim Prater since 2019

Connected charities (4)

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

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