The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends

Registered charity 252641 Registered since 1967

Operates: East Sussex, 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.

9 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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 1Education 1Hospitality 1

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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
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2024
incomespending£195k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehawkhurstlof.co.uk
Emailoffice@hawkhurstlof.co.uk
Phone07355071950
AddressLeague of Friends, Hawkhurst Community Hospital, High Street, Hawkhurst, Kent, TN18 4PU

Finances

£195,484 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£91,549£107,555
2021£100,150£80,762
2022£162,461£136,728
2023£187,609£167,930
2024£195,484£205,712

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

(1) TO MOBILISE, ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND MAINTAIN THE INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PATIENTS AND STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL.(2) TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE HOSPITAL BY MEANS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE.(3) TO RAISE, PROVIDE AND RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF (A) SUPPLEMENTING IN SUCH MANNER AS THE LEAGUE THINKS FIT THE RESOURCES OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICE;(B) IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE OF THE HOSPITAL;(C) ADDING TO OR IMPROVING THE LEISURE FACILITIES OF THE HOSPITAL;(D) SUPPORTING THE IN-PATIENTS AND STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL;(E) SUPPORTING AND RELIEVING OUT-PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THEIR ILLNESS, CONVALESCENCE, DISABILITY, HANDICAP OR INFIRMITY;(F) SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT AND RELIEVE OUT PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THEIR ILLNESS, CONVALESCENCE, DISABILITY OR HANDICAP OR INFIRMITY;(G) PUTTING SUCH FUNDS AS THE LEAGUE SEES FIT AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE WEST KENT PRIMARY CARE TRUST OR ANY SUCCESSOR AUTHORITY THERETO TO BE APPLIED IN A MANNER AGREED WITH THE LEAGUE IN SUPPLEMENTING THE RESOURCES OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICE;(H) USING SUCH FUNDS AS THE LEAGUE SEES FIT FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING HEALTH IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED DUE TO OTHER DISADVANTAGES RELATED TO ILL HEALTH.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 MAY 1967 AS AMENDED 30TH APRIL 1992 AND 23 APRIL 2009. as amended on 25 Aug 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
84median age
2aged 70+

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