Registered charity · Kent
The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust
- 13 trustees
- Income £82k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Peter David Anwyl-HarrisChair · since 2018
- Celia Ann HeritageTrustee · since 2020
- Charles Edmund GarrettTrustee · since 2024
- David Andrew Rees WilliamsTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Nicholas Payne HuddTrustee · since 2018
- George Warren StapleTrustee · since 2018
- Heather MapleTrustee · since 2022
- Helen Winifred Mary SlomanTrustee · since 2024
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- Joanna ThompsonTrustee · since 2019
- Judge Graham John MapleTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Patricia Lily Margaret FogdenTrustee · since 2017
- Vyvienne Yvonne Alexandra Corley WadeTrustee · since 2025
- William David Charles BarhamTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 8 other charities:
- The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust · 11 shared trustees
- Rolvenden Windmill Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Church of ST Augustine · 1 shared trustee
- The Nashleigh Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Basil Russell Trust Fund · 1 shared trustee
- Traditional Cathedral Choir Association · 1 shared trustee
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- The Childwick Trust · 1 shared trustee
- PCC St Mildred's and St Michael's Tenterden · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex, Kent
- Website
- romneymarshchurches.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£82k£119k
- 2024£118k£125k
- 2023£91k£122k
Earlier years
- 2022£333k£51k
- 2021£138k£119k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE FABRIC AND CURTILAGE OF THE CHURCHES OF BRENZETT, BROOKLAND, BURMARSH, DYMCHURCH, EAST GULDEFORD, FAIRFIELD, IVYCHURCH, LYDD, NEWCHURCH, NEW ROMNEY, OLD ROMNEY, ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SNARGATE AND SNAVE AND THE RUINED CHURCHES OF BROOMHILL, EASTBRIDGE, HOPE AND MIDLEY, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND EAST SUSSEX; TO MAKE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SAID CHURCHES, TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF BASIC FACILITIES; TO SUPPORT OTHER RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID CHURCHES; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE SAID CHURCHES.
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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.
13 trustees on the board
- Peter David Anwyl-Harris Chair since 2018
- Celia Ann Heritage since 2020
- Charles Edmund Garrett since 2024
- David Andrew Rees Williams since 2020
- Dr Nicholas Payne Hudd since 2018
- George Warren Staple since 2018
- Heather Maple since 2022
- Helen Winifred Mary Sloman since 2024
- Joanna Thompson since 2019
- Judge Graham John Maple since 2019
- Rev Patricia Lily Margaret Fogden since 2017
- Vyvienne Yvonne Alexandra Corley Wade since 2025
- William David Charles Barham since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter David Anwyl-Harris Chair since 2018
- Celia Ann Heritage since 2020
- David Andrew Rees Williams since 2020
- Dr Nicholas Payne Hudd since 2018
- George Warren Staple since 2018
- Joanna Thompson since 2019
- Judge Graham John Maple since 2019
- Rev Patricia Lily Margaret Fogden since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- David Andrew Rees Williams since 2020
- Judge Graham John Maple since 2019
Portfolio (11)
- Peter David Anwyl-Harris Chair since 2018
- Celia Ann Heritage since 2020
- Charles Edmund Garrett since 2024
- Dr Nicholas Payne Hudd since 2018
- George Warren Staple since 2018
- Heather Maple since 2022
- Helen Winifred Mary Sloman since 2024
- Joanna Thompson since 2019
- Rev Patricia Lily Margaret Fogden since 2017
- Vyvienne Yvonne Alexandra Corley Wade since 2025
- William David Charles Barham since 2022
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.
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- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 284909
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15/05/1982AS AMENDED ON 29/05/1993AS AMENDED ON 19/05/2012 as amended on 16 May 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01732764068 · treasurer@romneymarshchurches.org.uk
- 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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