The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The French Hospital

Registered charity 219318 Registered since 1964

Operates: Kent

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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.

7y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance
8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 12Other Charitable Purposes 10Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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 8Health and social care 3Other services 2

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£781k latest income
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.

52.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 107.6 in 2021

10 from 9 in 2021
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.

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Contact

Websitewww.frenchhospital.org.uk
Emailclerk@frenchhospital.org.uk
Phone01634843107
AddressTHE FRENCH HOSPITAL, 41 La Providence, ROCHESTER, ME1 1NB

Finances

£781,298 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£584,903£537,330
2022£658,591£552,391
2023£698,185£761,570
2024£721,388£873,340
2025£781,298£729,065

What it does

What

Accommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CORPORATION ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE NEED BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES;(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BENEFICIARIES AS THE GOVERNOR AND DIRECTORS DECIDE; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANT COMMUNITY (HUGUENOTS) IN ENGLAND FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ONWARDS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF:(I) A LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE (INCLUDING GENEALOGICAL RECORDS RELATED TO THE HOSPITAL); AND(II) A MUSEUM OR GALLERY.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER OF 20TH JULY 1718 AS VARIED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 1ST AUGUST 1953AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 28/08/2015

Trustees (13)

13trustees
76median age
5aged 70+

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