Registered charity · Sittingbourne
The North Downs Society
- 3 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Kent
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£2k
- 2024£3k£0
- 2023£2k£0
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£0
- 2021£2k£0
Charitable objects
A) TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL FEATURES AND ECOLOGY. B) TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST AND A HIGH STANDARD OF DESIGN IN ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PLANNING PROPOSALS. C) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HISTORY CHARACTER BEAUTY AND WILD-LIFE OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, RIVERS, MARCHES, DOWNLAND AND COUNTRYSIDE. D) TO FURTHER GENERAL AMENITY. E) TO PURSUE THESE ENDS (INTER ALIA) BY (I) MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND FILM SHOWS; (II) THE PUBLICATION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND NEWSHEETS; (III) EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS; (IV) THE SALE OF PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MATERIAL; (V) MAKING APPEALS, SOLICITING DONATIONS AND COLLECTING MONIES.
Board analysis for researchers
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
Trustees past 6 years
- Prof John Nightingale since 2006
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
Portfolio (2)
- John Leigh-Pemberton
- Prof John Nightingale since 2006
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 263589
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH OCTOBER 1971 AS AMENDED 14TH NOVEMBER 1975 AND 1ST MARCH 1983
- Contact on the register
- 02077351238 · wedonotcurrentlyhaveanemail@address.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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