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Registered charity · Kent

Cowden Village Hall (Commonly Known AS Cowden Memorial Hall)

Cowden Village Hall (Commonly Known AS Cowden Memorial Hall) is a registered charity (number 286856) based in Kent, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Michael Clark since 2024. Latest income £26k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £26k (2025)
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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, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£26k£8k
  • 2024£9k£8k
  • 2023£10k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£5k
  • 2021£3k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COWDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Grants received

4 grants · £31,879 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002025-06-02
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,0002019-01-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,0002015-09-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,8792013-12-04
Board analysis

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

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£26k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
286856
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 16TH JUNE 1959
Contact on the register
01342850547
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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