The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hands Gillingham

Registered charity 290169 Registered since 1984

Operates: Medway

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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.

5 trustees on the board

10.2y median 11y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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.

Disability 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£3k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.handsgillingham.com
Emailhandsgillingham@outlook.com
Phone07845 624468
AddressHands Gillingham, The Oast Community Centre, Granary Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME9 7SG

Finances

£3,167 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,218£11,559
2022£6,239£4,068
2023£3,502£4,034
2024£15,473£3,944
2025£3,167£3,911

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects (“the objects”) areTo promote purposes which are charitable according to the law in England and Wales by:1) Providing services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including:• a transport service to medical appointments and for other essential journeys;• a basic gardening service; • other services to alleviate social isolation.2) Generally to do all such lawful things as will further the attainment of such purposes or any of them.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25/10/1983AS AMENDED ON 16/10/1991AS AMENDED ON 15/10/1992AS AMENDED ON 21/10/1993AS AMENDED ON 12/10/1995AS AMENDED ON 25/01/2001AS AMENDED ON 10/03/2004AS AMENDED ON 23/07/2008AS AMENDED ON 06/11/2012AS AMENDED ON 26/06/2013 as amended on 19 Oct 2021 as amended on 04 Oct 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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