Registered charity · Edenbridge
The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest
The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest is a registered charity (number 291203) based in Edenbridge, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £424k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 1 trustee
- Income £424k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Bower Bequest Trustee Company Limited.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£424k£519k
- 2023£394k£442k
- 2022£422k£385k
Earlier years
- 2021£811k£388k
- 2020£374k£358k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION IN PERPETUITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF: (I). CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE AND ITS GROUNDS AS A PLACE OF BEAUTY AND HISTORIC AND NATURAL INTEREST BEING THE LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON SPECIFIED IN PART I OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE SAID SCHEME. (II). THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AS ITEMS OF AESTHETIC, HISTORIC, OR OTHER EDUCATION VALUE.
Grants received
2 grants · £95,381 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £74,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,881
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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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
- 291203
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 13 AUGUST 1984 AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 2 JUNE 2004 AND SCHEMES DATED 1 NOVEMBER 2005 AND 9 APRIL 2007.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 02 APR 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01892870347 · trustees@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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