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Registered charity · Rochester

Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities

Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities is a registered charity (number 212828) based in Rochester, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Keith Povey since 2021. Latest income £1.5m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2024)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Medway
Website
www.richardwatts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.5m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.4m
  • 2022£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2020£1.3m£1.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITIES ARE: (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA, OR WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE A LOCAL CONNECTION WITH THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION; AND (2) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

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.

9 trustees on the board

7.3y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (8)

3
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 8General Charitable Purposes 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

12.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.6 in 2020

26 from 27 in 2020
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
212828
Status
Registered
Governing document
SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS AS AMENDED ON 20 MAR 2025
Contact on the register
01634842194 · martin.sissons@richardwatts.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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