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Registered charity · Kent

The Otford Society

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £34k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.otfordsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34k£21k
  • 2024£19k£12k
  • 2023£43k£27k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£9k
  • 2021£5k£6k
Charitable objects

(U) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (II) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (III) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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.

4 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£19k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
272974
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 27TH OCTOBER 1976 as amended on 24 Aug 2020
Contact on the register
01959 422234 · contact@otfordsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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