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Registered charity · Deal

The Betteshanger Social Welfare Scheme

The Betteshanger Social Welfare Scheme is a registered charity (number 302727) based in Deal, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Bridgette Goold since 2018. Latest income £319k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Bsws (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £319k (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Kent
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£319k£280k
  • 2024£261k£275k
  • 2023£210k£259k
Earlier years
  • 2022£207k£193k
  • 2021£177k£126k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) THE PROVISION OF A SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE OR CENTRES WITHIN WHICH INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MEETING OR LECTURE ROOMS OR SIMILAR FACILITIES CAN BE PROVIDED;(II) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND (WHICH INCLUDES MAKING PITCHES AVAILABLE FOR ORGANISED GAMES AND SPORTS); (III) THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE, AND/OR SUPPORT OF A YOUTH CLUB OR SUCH OTHER FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES. SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSES 22 AND 24, THE PROPERTY NUMBERED 1, 2, 4 AND 6 IN THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Grants received

3 grants · £19,531 total

360Giving 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 Community Fund · £13,066 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £6,465

Most recent

  • Sport England £6,4652013-10-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,0662013-08-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-01-18
Board analysis

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.

7 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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.

General Charitable Purposes 7Accommodation/housing 6Disability 6Amateur Sport 1Recreation 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£319k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
302727
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 13 MAR 2018
Contact on the register
07715 007811 · betteshangersws@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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