Whitstable NON-Ecclesiastical Charities

Registered charity 248134 Registered since 1966

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.2y median 7.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

6 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 2Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Whitstable 1 shared trustee
The Community of the Presentation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Whitstable Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Community of the Presentation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Whitstable 1 shared trustee
The Whitstable Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
Cliwom Sanctuary of Praise Similar size; both Poverty relief
The Leon & Naomi Brenig Family Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
Home-Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire Similar size; both Poverty relief

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	woottonchar63@gmail.com
Phone	07783936927
Address	PO Box 1247, WHITSTABLE, Kent, CT1 9UT

Finances

£191,018 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£112,400	£195,527
2021	£165,902	£193,271
2022	£169,881	£194,419
2023	£171,423	£209,758
2024	£191,018	£205,866

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT 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 OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 25 AUGUST 1978, ORDER DATED 6 FEBRUARY 1990, AND SCHEME DATED 15 OCTOBER 2004.

Trustees (9)

9trustees

0aged 70+

Sharron Sonnex Chair since 2018
Janet Newcombe since 2011
Joanna Waller
Jane Thompson since 2021
Janet Henley since 2017
Michael John White since 2018
Paulette Joanne Stubbings since 2021
Rev Sally-Ann Pickersgill since 2025
Robert Sonnex since 2019

Connected charities (3)

The Whitstable Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Community of the Presentation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Whitstable 1 shared trustee

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