The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Cottager's Allotments

Registered charity 239003 Registered since 1965

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.

3 trustees on the board

13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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

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

Phone01304825554
Address17 MEADWAY, DOVER, CT17 0PS

Finances

£1,470 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,407£0
2022£1,429£0
2023£1,433£2,300
2024£1,445£900
2025£1,470£900

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF RIVER WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 21/10/1977

Trustees (3)

3trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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