The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Heart of Kent Hospice

Registered charity 298164 Registered since 1988

Operates: Kent

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 13Education 5Other services 3

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£11.4m 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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

173 from 133 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.hokh.org
Emailenquiries@hokh.co.uk
Phone01622792200
AddressCHIEF EXECUTIVE, HEART OF KENT HOSPICE, PRESTON HALL, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION VILLAGE, AYLESFORD, ME20 7PU

Finances

£11,413,860 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,983,184£4,962,136
2022£6,421,632£5,493,260
2023£6,120,776£6,057,615
2024£6,927,260£6,604,159
2025£11,413,860£7,558,341

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are the relief of the needs of those who are suffering from a chronic or terminal illness, disability or disease and in particular, but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing, by:2.1.1 the provision of an in-patient unit, outpatient centre, community service and bereavement service in the Kent and Medway area for such patients, relatives and carers; 2.1.2 to conduct, promote or encourage research into the care and treatment of patients with progressive life-threatening diseases and to publish the beneficial results of any research undertaken by the Charity;2.1.3 to promote the principles and practices of palliative care throughout the wider community by assisting in multi-professional training and education;2.1.4 to provide and facilitate the provision of physical, social and psychological care and spiritual help for patients, relatives or carers under the care of the Charity and for the colleagues and volunteers working with them.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH OCTOBER 1987 AS AMENDED 19TH FEBRUARY 1992 AND AGM - SPECIAL RESOLUTION 1 AUGUST 1994 AND 17 OCTOBER 2005 as amended on 28 May 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
63median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Heart of Kent Hospice · 02184005 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/10/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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