The Rochester Cathedral Trust
Registered charity 291616 Registered since 1985
Operates: Medway
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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.
16 trustees on the board
- Canon Christopher Dench since 2024
- His Honour Judge Oliver Saxby KC since 2024
- Lady Annabel Colgrain since 2026
- Lars Lemonius since 2018
- Laura Plumptre since 2025
- Michael Wooldridge since 2024
- Nicholas Bennett since 2024
- Paul David Hudson since 2013
- Remony Millwater since 2019
- Rev Ralph Godsall since 2017
- Richard Oldfield since 2016
- Sir David Hugh Wootton since 2021
- Sue Hart since 2022
- The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
- Victoria Wallace DL since 2023
- Kate Fenwick since 2018
5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Lars Lemonius since 2018
- Paul David Hudson since 2013
- Remony Millwater since 2019
- Rev Ralph Godsall since 2017
- Richard Oldfield since 2016
- The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
- Kate Fenwick since 2018
9.9y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- His Honour Judge Oliver Saxby KC since 2024
- Lady Annabel Colgrain since 2026
- Nicholas Bennett since 2024
- Remony Millwater since 2019
- Sue Hart since 2022
- Kate Fenwick since 2018
Portfolio (10)
- Canon Christopher Dench since 2024
- Lars Lemonius since 2018
- Laura Plumptre since 2025
- Michael Wooldridge since 2024
- Paul David Hudson since 2013
- Rev Ralph Godsall since 2017
- Richard Oldfield since 2016
- Sir David Hugh Wootton since 2021
- The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
- Victoria Wallace DL since 2023
4
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Environment/conservation/heritage 13Religious Activities 13Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Amateur Sport 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Construction 7Arts and leisure 5Other services 5
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.
incomespending£166k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- Charles Dickens Centre (GAD's Hill) Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Worshipful Company of Woolmen Sustainability Start-UP & Innovation Fund Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Wardens and Assistants of Rochester Bridge in the County of Kent 1 shared trustee
- The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust 1 shared trustee
- Opera Prelude 1 shared trustee
- The Woolmen's Company Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | https://www.rochestercathedral.org/cathedral-trust |
| becca.lowe@rochestercathedral.org | |
| Phone | 01634810074 |
| Address | GARTH HOUSE, THE PRECINCT, ROCHESTER, ME1 1SX |
Finances
£165,927 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £644,115 | £257,651 |
| 2022 | £90,999 | £493,235 |
| 2023 | £359,916 | £283,004 |
| 2024 | £205,162 | £136,454 |
| 2025 | £165,927 | £162,895 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO WHICH THE CAPITAL OR REVENUES OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER ARE APPLICABLE INCLUDING ESPECIALLY THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11TH APRIL 1985 AND AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF 13 APR 1997 AND RESOLUTION PASSED 27 FEBRUARY 2008AS AMENDED ON 22 MAR 2017 as amended on 05 Mar 2019
Trustees (16)
16trustees
70median age
2aged 70+
- Canon Christopher Denchage band 60-64 since 2024
- His Honour Judge Oliver Saxby KC since 2024
- Lady Annabel Colgrain since 2026
- Lars Lemonius since 2018
- Laura Plumptre since 2025
- Michael Wooldridge since 2024
- Nicholas Bennett since 2024
- Paul David Hudsonage band 75-79 since 2013
- Remony Millwater since 2019
- Rev Ralph Godsall since 2017
- Richard Oldfield since 2016
- Sir David Hugh Wootton since 2021
- Sue Hart since 2022
- The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Heskethage band 60-64 since 2015
- Victoria Wallace DL since 2023
- Kate Fenwick since 2018
Connected charities (24)
- SIR Joseph Williamson's Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Jesus College Boat Club Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust 1 shared trustee
- Henry Colborn (OR Colbron) 1 shared trustee
- Kent County Playing Fields 1 shared trustee
- The Rochester Diocesan Society and Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- Royal Benevolent and Educational Fund for Watermen and Lightermen 1 shared trustee
- Charles Dickens Centre (GAD's Hill) Limited 1 shared trustee
- Cross Sector Safety and Security Communications 1 shared trustee
- The Woolmen's Company Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1 shared trustee
- The Worshipful Company of Woolmen Sustainability Start-UP & Innovation Fund Limited 1 shared trustee
- The City Arts Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
- Morden College 1 shared trustee
- The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames Poors Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Paul, Maidstone 1 shared trustee
- Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester 1 shared trustee
- The King's Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Marler Trust 1 shared trustee
- Merchant Taylors' Consolidated Charities for the Poor 1 shared trustee
- The Wardens and Assistants of Rochester Bridge in the County of Kent 1 shared trustee
- ST Benedict's Centre 1 shared trustee
- Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust 1 shared trustee
- Opera Prelude 1 shared trustee
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