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Registered charity · Hythe

The Wakefield Bequest

The Wakefield Bequest is a registered charity (number 209461) based in Hythe, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £1k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1k (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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Kent
Website
www.hythetc.kentparishes.gov.uk/charities (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1k£543
  • 2024£2k£590
  • 2023£2k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£1k
  • 2021£2k£300

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF QUALIFIED POOR PERSONS OF THE BOROUGH OF HYTHE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR DISCRETION SELECT.

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Health 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
209461
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH JUNE 1952
Contact on the register
01303266152 · admin@hythe-tc.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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