The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust

Registered charity 292101 Registered since 1985

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.

5.9y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 17Construction 7Education 5

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£9.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.6 in 2021

150 from 140 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.thedockyard.co.uk
Emailinfo@chdt.org.uk
Phone01634823800
AddressThe Fitted Rigging House, Main Gate Road, The Historic Dockyard, CHATHAM, Kent, ME4 4TZ

Finances

£9,759,615 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,925,847£6,500,561
2022£6,806,334£7,848,378
2023£9,822,128£8,585,897
2024£9,565,744£9,544,126
2025£9,759,615£9,531,585

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO SECURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND USE OF THE HISTORIC DOCKYARD AT CHATHAM IN THE COUNTY OF KENT IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE TO ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE. 2. TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT A WIDE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORIC DOCKYARD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JUN 1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 MAY 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 DEC 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 FEB 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAY 2018 as amended on 24 Nov 2022

Trustees (9)

9trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust(the) · 01804108 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/03/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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