The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities

Registered charity 212828 Registered since 1962

Operates: 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.

9 trustees on the board

7.3y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.richardwatts.org.uk
Emailmartin.sissons@richardwatts.org.uk
Phone01634842194
AddressThe Office, Watts Almshouses, Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 1SE

Finances

£1,544,562 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,264,641£1,158,367
2021£1,198,021£1,199,636
2022£1,279,976£1,327,701
2023£1,416,871£1,420,795
2024£1,544,562£1,714,004

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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.

Governing document: SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS AS AMENDED ON 20 MAR 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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